FAKIR's SHELTER (Hervey 1853), Bajora

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A more or less inhabitable rock shelter, where the only shelter appeared to be a projecting rock (HERVEY 1853, 1: 339). ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known name has been identified for the troglodyte hermitage retreat of a kind of Faqueer (HERVEY 1853, 1: 339). SITUATION: Halfway up one hill west of Bajaura or, vice versa, about halfway down the mountain before alluded to (HERVEY 1853, 1: 339), namely an anonymous the high hill [note 1] between Khumand and Bijoura (HERVEY 1853, 1: 338) that is crossed in the course of an estimated 21 miles (34 km) long, historical travelling route from Dring, District or Illaka of Mundy (HERVEY 1853, 1: 335) via Goomah (note 2) to Bijoura (District of Kooloo) (note 3). AMS sheet NH43-04 Simla (U502 series, 1959 edition) shows here a NNE-SSE trending ridge culminating in the mountains Kais Dhar 10756 (3278 m asl), Daggi Dhar 9155 (2790 m asl), Bhaggi Dhar, and Shel Dhar 8578 (2615 m asl). CULTURAL HISTORY - human use: Mrs. Hervy narrates to have seen … a Faqueer [note 4], who has been in that one spot for nearly nine months. His only shelter appeared to be a projecting rock, and here, in the jungle, this absurd enthusiast has vegetated, his only food milk [note 5], and his sole companions the wild denizens of the wilderness. The rock must have afforded but poor shelter in rain or snow, and yet he appeared happy and contented. These ignorant heathens suffer far more for their religion than the most zealous of Christians for theirs. There is a melancholy moral in this fact [note 6] (HERVEY 1853, 1: 339).A more or less inhabitable rock shelter, where the only shelter appeared to be a projecting rock (HERVEY 1853, 1: 339). ETYMOLOGY: No autochthonous, indigenous or locally known name has been identified for the troglodyte hermitage retreat of a kind of Faqueer (HERVEY 1853, 1: 339). SITUATION: Halfway up one hill west of Bajaura or, vice versa, about halfway down the mountain before alluded to (HERVEY 1853, 1: 339), namely an anonymous the high hill [note 1] between Khumand and Bijoura (HERVEY 1853, 1: 338) that is crossed in the course of an estimated 21 miles (34 km) long, historical travelling route from Dring, District or Illaka of Mundy (HERVEY 1853, 1: 335) via Goomah (note 2) to Bijoura (District of Kooloo) (note 3). AMS sheet NH43-04 Simla (U502 series, 1959 edition) shows here a NNE-SSE trending ridge culminating in the mountains Kais Dhar 10756 (3278 m asl), Daggi Dhar 9155 (2790 m asl), Bhaggi Dhar, and Shel Dhar 8578 (2615 m asl). CULTURAL HISTORY - human use: Mrs. Hervy narrates to have seen … a Faqueer [note 4], who has been in that one spot for nearly nine months. His only shelter appeared to be a projecting rock, and here, in the jungle, this absurd enthusiast has vegetated, his only food milk [note 5], and his sole companions the wild denizens of the wilderness. The rock must have afforded but poor shelter in rain or snow, and yet he appeared happy and contented. These ignorant heathens suffer far more for their religion than the most zealous of Christians for theirs. There is a melancholy moral in this fact [note 6] (HERVEY 1853, 1: 339).