15/05/2021
"Myths about the Captivating valley of Chiporsun Gojal"
A pious man known as Baba Ghundi came from Ghund in Afghanistan to preach among the inhabitants of Chiporsun. He was a preacher of the Shia branch of Islam. During his time, he attempted to preach the faith of Islam amongst the locals of Chiporsun. There was a huge settlement near the present village of Sh*tmirg where Baba Ghundi came to preach. There were about 300 households in the village. Some locals of Chiporsun believed that it was not Baba Ghundi but Shah Shams who visited the village. Whosoever he was, he attempted to preach Islam amongst the inhabitants. But the inhabitants of that village did not listen to him. He was not given even a glass of water or milk to drink. Instead, he was driven out of that settlement.
However, an old woman showed mercy upon him and served him some milk. He got very angry when no one, except the old lady, from the village entertained him. The preacher, whether it was Baba Ghundi or Shah Shams asked that old lady to collect her belongings and leave the village as fast as she could. The old lady gathered her belongings and went out of the village. As she left, all of a sudden, torrential rain lashed the village which inundated the river. The old lady saw that the saintly person was flying over rushing waters of flood. She had forgotten to take her garbal (an object used for cleaning wheat). When she saw him flying over the floodwater, she requested him to bring her garbal to her – which he did. Then flood then rushed down, causing the present moraine. The entire village was destroyed, save a strip of cultivation that belonged to the old woman. The strip of cultivation or household of the woman which survived is locally called Kampir Dayor (Village of the Old Woman). The small barrow evolving from the flood’s destruction can still be seen near the village of Sh*tmirg. Thus, the local inhabitants insist on linking the destruction to the curse by Baba Ghundi or Shah Shams on the people of that village.
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