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2 related and believéd, and their noble and illus-
3 trious actions are ascribed rather to their mira-
4 culous power than to their wisdom and personal
5 valour. Itis also worthy of remark that one of
6 them whose shrine is at Sialkot, being sent
7 against the old town of Aknur, in the district
8 of the same name, invited the people to sub-
9 thit at once to him, which they declined. Being
10 irritated he invoked some curses on the place,
11 and prayed that its inhabitants might be con-
12 verted into stone. God accepted the prayer of
13 the Pir, ahd the people were petrified as they
14 were sleeping, walking, or standing, and in
15 that state were to be seen at the present day!
16 Another story is that a tribe known by the
17 name of Bhajnal, inhabiting the hills near
18 Aknur, confidently believe that there are pat-
19 ticular clouds on the tops of their hills which
20 never move from them to any other, but pour
21 out their rain only on their own land. ’ There
22 is a party of Jogis ot Hindu Faqirs living in
23 that quarter, who are supposed to have these
24 clouds in their power, and whenever water is re-
25 quired they can make the rain to fall. For this
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