DJINNS OF DELHI, EPISODE 10
Dastan-i-Delhi turns 1!! I started this blog with no intention to continue this blog this long but every time I posted anything, the response you people gave was just out of the world! So I want to thank you for your constant support and love towards my adventures. To Dastan-i-Delhi 🥂. So we finally come to the 10th blog! This adventure of mine to Firoz Shah Kotla Fort was one of the most mysterious yet fascinating adventures of them all. Let’s get into it, so my day began a bit late as scheduled because I overslept. The weather was flawless with little to no traffic. As I was crossing the beautiful streets of Connaught Place’s inner circle, I saw one of the most ravishing portraits I have ever seen.
The eyes of the portrait were so captivating that I got lost in it's beauty and stared at it for 5 minutes straight! The beauty of the portrayal can not be explained in words. I somehow managed to get my eyes out of the portrait and continued my expedition, not knowing the mysteries which were coming along the journey. I followed the maps and finally reached the infamous “Feroz Shah Kotla Fort”. The place had a strange vibe of solitude but I could feel some forces pulling me inside.
As I entered the ruins of the fort I couldn’t comprehend that I was walking the same way that kings, warriors, and saints would have walked. There were many abandoned gates and buildings which had a kind of vague mist. As I was moving around the bits of history I noticed two big buildings had a huge pillar on top of it. The buildings were truly fascinating and the architecture was just perfect.
As I was moving around the establishment, I felt a strange heat and a smell that was just like an old book coming from a dark place. I peeped through the old locked door and saw one of the most frightening hallways I have very seen.
There was a strange heat coming from the hallway and several bats flying around the place making those frightening noises. I looked down and noticed a pretty strange thing: there were papers around the floor, just like a letter, and they were around a jasmine flower garland.
There were many such kinds of letters around the area all wrapped around the same kind of jasmine Garland. For my curiosity, I zoomed into one of the letters to understand the real motive behind those letters and to whom they were addressed. The first line scared the living daylights out of me! (Address blurred)
The letter was addressed to Jinnat Badshah!! A strange nervousness drove into me after reading this name. Are stories about jinn and the mysterious lamp true? I asked myself for my readers not to know much about Jinns Jinn – also romanized as djinn or anglicized as a genie – are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabian religious systems and later in Islamic mythology and theology. The famous Disney movie “Aladdin” is also based on the same concept. I somehow managed to get back to my senses and moved toward the second building to look for some answers.
I climbed the big stairs to reach an old mosque that was in a ruined state. I pushed open the old rustic door and entered a large complex where a great view of the whole premises was visible. I also saw some green-painted structures which are a common thing in the mosque as they pointed towards the direction of Madina.
As I was admiring the beauty of the place and looking for clues about the Djinn’s mystery I found another strange signboard that was instructing me not to light up a Chirag 🧞♂️
As I was still looking around the place I noticed a man in full white attire wearing a skull cap. I asked the man “Uncle, I want to know about the place”. He smiled and told me a lot about the place and also answered many of my questions. Here are some parts of our conversation.
“This place is an ancient city just like purani Dilli and Tughlakabad it was created by FIRUZ SHAH TUGHLAQ. The citadel contained places, pillared halls, a mosque a pigeon tower, and a baoli. Further, I asked him about the jinns and the letters written to them he said yes jinns do come to this place and read namaz. People write to them and attach a photograph of themselves at the top. Some people also perform exorcisms here for those who are believed to be under the spell of evil spirits.”
I returned from the mysterious place with many questions and some answers I researched a lot about the place and here are some of the answers. Those believing in Islam are of the view that while light created angels and clay created humans, djinns were brought to life by smokeless fire. (Here's a video)
And those believing in supernatural powers, come here, write letters stating their problems, and leave them behind for the supernatural powers to take care of. this story about djinns started in 1977 when people started flocking to the fort a few months after the Emergency. However, experts on supernatural theory state that djinns have been living here for the past four decades. People attach copies of the same letters, so that the djinn under whose jurisdiction the particular case falls, can take it up, Remember, the government of the djinns, is quite like ours. That’s why you have to make sure that the correct department gets your application. It is also believed that Djinns have a soft corner for women with long, luscious hair. People claim that Djinns get attracted to beautiful women and try to possess them. Myth has it that they live for thousands of years and can bear a family too, just like humans.
So, in a nutshell, it was the most mysterious yet memorable experience I hope you liked my small adventure chasing the Djinns of Delhi. With this blog, we complete 10 blogs of Dastan-i-Delhi!!! I’ll return with a new adventure soon. Keep Supporting!
