Mirza Sahiban

Mirza Sahiban (Punjabi: ਮਿਰਜ਼ਾ ਸਾਹਿਬਾਂ, مرزا صاحباں, mirzā sāhibāṁ) is one of the four popular tragic romances of the Punjab. The other three are Heer Ranjha, Sohni Mahiwal and Sassi Punnun.[1][2][3][4]

For the 1947 Indian film, see Mirza Sahiban (1947 film).
Mirza Sahiban
Photograph of a fresco illustrating Mirza being killed by Sahiba’s brothers, artwork located at Palkiana Sahib near Tarn Taran, taken in 1971
Folk tale
NameMirza Sahiban
CountryIndia, Pakistan
RegionPunjab
Origin Date16th or 17th century
Published inWorks of Pilu/Peelu (Punjabi author)
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Mirza and Sahiban under the tree

Synopsis

The popular story was written by Pilu.[5] Mirza and Sahiban were lovers who lived in Khewa (Kheiwa), a town in Sial Territory in the Jhang District, which was Sahiban's ancestral village. Mirza was the son of Banjal, a local Jat chief of Danabad from the Kharal clan.[5] Sahiban, on the other hand, was the daughter of Khiva Khan, a local Jat chief from the Sial clan.[5]

They loved each other and ran away together to live with each other and marry against Sahiban's parents' wishes. While eloping Mirza stopped under a jand tree and rested and fell asleep. Sahiban did not want to begin her new life with her brothers' bloodshed . She decided to break all the arrows of Mirza thinking she will beg her brothers for their acceptance so that nobody would get hurt. When Sahiban's brothers reached them, Mirza woke up but discovered his arrows were broken and then he was killed by Sahiban's brothers. Sahiban couldn't bear this loss and chose to end her own life by stabbing herself with an arrow.

Adaptations

There have been various film interpretations of the folk tale:

References
  1. Jamal Shahid (11 January 2015). "A beloved folk story comes to life". Dawn. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  2. Karan Bali (13 September 2016). "Before 'Mirzya', Mirza and Sahiban have died over and over again for their love (Numerous versions of the legend exist, including productions in Punjabi on both sides of the border)". Scroll.in website. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. "Love Legends in History of Punjab". Punjabi World website. 20 April 2007. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  4. Sahibaan remains unheard. The Hindu (newspaper), Published 11 October 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  5. Banga, Indu (2005). "Appendix - The Story of Mirza and Sahiban in Pilu's Narrative". In Grewal, Reeta; Pall, Sheena (eds.). Precolonial and Colonial Punjab: Society, Economy, Politics, and Culture: Essays for Indu Banga. Manohar. p. 171. ISBN 9788173046544. Mirza was the son of Banjal, a Kharal Jat Chief of Danabad in the Montgomery district. Sahiban was the daughter of the Jat Chief Khiva Khan belonging to the Syal clan ...
  6. Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999). Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema. British Film Institute. ISBN 9780851706696. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  7. Mirza Jat (1982 film) on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website Retrieved 8 November 2020
  8. Ruchi Kaushal (16 December 2015). "WATCH: Harshvardhan Kapoor's 'Mirziya' logo trailer unveiled!". The Times of India (newspaper). Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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