Performance of a poem entitled "Um Ba Khudaye" transcript

Performance of a poem entitled "Um Ba Khudaye"

Recording of Raja Tasleem Khan, a magistrate, reciting the poem "um ba khudaye," in the Srinagar dialect.
Date: July 2003
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Maghlot and Girkits transcript

Retelling of Maghlot and Girkits

Recording of Raja Jamsheed Ali Khan reciting "Maghlot ke Girkits" ('weasel and rat') in the Srinagar dialect. In this popular story two boys are born conjoined, and are separated by a knife. The two brothers are raised by two separate clans, always meeting in constant contention with each other, giving them the nicknames Maghlot ('weasel') and Girkits ('rat') for their physical and behavioral traits. Knowing the brothers would create instability, the king separates the kingdom into two halves, creating the divide between the Hunza and the Nagar people.
Date: June 14, 2014
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of A Witch and a King transcript

Retelling of A Witch and a King

Recording of Mahida Murad, a housewife, reciting “Danlathas ke Baadsha” in the Hunza dialect. In this popular story a Witch kills some princes and scares the King into marrying her. She took all of the King’s daughter-in-laws and stole their eyes, sealing them into a pit hidden away from the kingdom. The youngest raises her child, and he must save his mother and aunties.
Date: July 30, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of A Black and White Thread Ball transcript

Retelling of A Black and White Thread Ball

A reciting of "A Black and White Thread Ball" by Laila Khan, a housewife, in the Hunza dialect. In this popular story a young shepherd abandons his duties in order to court a girl who was born out of gold and silver to poor parents.
Date: May 29, 2010
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library