How Amar Ayyar Got His Gifts (the Zumbeel, the Invisible Cloak, The Piece of Bread and Water) - Part 2

Tradition Bearers - Dastangos

Translation - Stuti

There had been some thunderstorms, but by the grace of Amar’s prayers (as he declared to everybody) to Hazrat Ilyas they all cleared, and the weather cleared up, the merry wind carried forth the ships

How Amar Ayyar Got His Gifts of Ayyari (the Zumbeel, the Invisible Cloak, The Piece of Bread and Water) - Part 1

Tradition Bearers - Dastangos

Translation - Stuti

Long ago in the city of Mecca, there lived three childhood friends. None of these three, was an ordinary mortal. Amir Hamza was a great warrior and champion of mankind whose birth had fulfilled the prophecy of a dream which the King of Persia dreamt. Mukbil Vafadar, one of Amir’s closest friends was an expert archer. The remaining of the trio was a master trickster and perpetrator of terror through his vile cunningness Amar Ayyar. However both Amar and Mukbil were devoted to Amir and his noble cause and nobody dared lay a finger on him while they were around.

The Yogi and the Hunter

A soft, brown fluttering thing— a bird with a shaft caught fast in its blood-spread breast fell at the feet of the Yogi, who for hours had sat in deep meditation at the foot of a broad- branching tree in the green heart of a jungle. The hunter, following the path of his flying arrow, found himself confronted by the Yogi, who, rudely awakened from his trance-like attitude, looked upon him angrily.

The Jackal and the Monkey

A monkey once made itself a throne of mud, a necklace of conch shells and sat down by the river-side. He didn't let animals who came there drink any water, till theysaid these words:

Dastan - E - Amir Hamza

Tradition Bearers: Dastangos
Translation : Stuti

People of the past will tell us, that once in the fabled land of Iran, which was once the heaven on earth there lived a ruler called Kvaadkaamran, the best of the kings, extremely just and very benevolent.

The Sparrow and her Grain – Main Chabbon Ke

Once there was a bird, she went into a field to pick up food, and found one grain of gram which
she wanted to break, but when she tried to break it with a stone it got stuck in a piece of wood,
and she could not get it out.

The Sparrow Tale - Baghau Baba Ho..

Tale Bearers: Papa, Aaji

During harvesting season, the birds get a lot of grains to eat, there was one such sparrow who was eating grain behind a cow when the cow dropped dung on her and she got stuck. She wriggled and struggled but she couldn't get out, so she scraped off the dung with her beak and peaked through it. The day had passed and it was dusk, when everybody makes their way home. In some time she saw there was a tiger passing by. On seeing him the sparrow called out as loudly as she could-

The Story of Murdan Khan and the Daughter of the Jinn,

There was once the son of a soldier who fell into poverty and said to his mother:—“If I had Rs. 50 I would go somewhere in search of service.” His mother gave him the money out of her savings.When he had gone some distance he saw a corpse lying near the road and a grave ready dug.

The Brahman, The Tiger and the Six Judges

Tradition Bearer: Papa, Aaji
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Once upon a time a Brahman, who was walking along the road, came upon an iron cage, in which a great tiger had been shut up by the villagers who caught him.
As the Brahman passed by, the tiger called out and said to him, ‘‘Brother Brahman, brother Brahman, have pity on me, and let me out of this cage for one minute only, to drink a little water, for I am dying of thirst.’’ The Brahman answered, ‘‘No, I will not; for if I let you out of the cage you will eat me.’’