Page 17 - Muzaffargarh Gazzetteer

As stated in the beginning of the chapter, the people of Muzaffargarh are
superstitious by nature. So much so that the 1929 Gazetteer notes: “It would
be difficult to find a more superstitious people in the world than the illiterate
residents of this district. They are firm believers in jinns and the evil eye –

Sap da khada bache dae,
Nazar da khada nahin bachdae
(The snake bitten escapes,
He that is affected by the evil eye escapes not)”
The 1929 Gazetteer also states that in consequence of this credulousness,
Syeds, Qureshis, the keepers of shrines and any impostors who could inspire
confidence derived a great trade in selling amulets. The trend continues to
this day, though in a different form and manner.

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