Danyal Niyat Shah and his 14 deu
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I have 14 deu (which appear when juniper is smoked). The purpose of smoking juniper is that juniper is totally clean and these deu like cleanliness and only appear when the juniper has made everything entirely clean. Initially, when I started seeing these deu, they used to tell me that they would take me to the mountains or arrange my marriage. They claimed to have come from Karbala and even showed me visions of Karbala. At first, there were few of them, starting with 1, then 2, then 5, then 7, and finally, there are now 14. These deu have been serving me, and over time, word spread that there is a person named Niyat Shah, a Danyal who makes amulets and performs spiritual healing. Consequently, people started coming to me with their problems. I ask my deu about their illnesses and the purpose of their visit, and they tell me the details along with the treatment. Ultimately, it is Allah who provides the cure, but these deu serve as the intermediaries. For many years, I have been performing this work. When people come to me, I recite Surah Yaseen and different mantras over water, honey, and oil and give it to them, and through this, Allah grants them healing. Additionally, there is a type of danyal who is associated with devils and has 21 devils under his command. He sends them to different areas such as Sakwar, Rawalpindi, or Iran, assigning those tasks to observe and report back. Many of these devils lie and fabricate stories, but one among them tells the truth. Therefore, the words of a devil's danyal cannot always be trusted, as they may often be incor-rect.
People call me a danyal, but I am not a danyal. A danyal is someone who communicates with devils and dances in gatherings. However, if there is any singing or dancing, it causes me discomfort because the deu with me are very pure, and if I take them to such places, they cause me distress. Let me describe their appearance.
These beings have eyes that are oriented upwards. While they resemble humans, there are slight differences. For example, humans have horizontally aligned eyes, whereas these beings have vertically shaped eyes. Fairies always wear blue dresses and nothing else, while the spirits wear either black, red, or white, only three colours they wear. Our area, Naupur, is the oldest area of Gilgit and was the first to be inhabited, where the deu originally lived. People from Iran, India, America, and China have also lived here. There is also a Buddha here that we call yasheni, which was created by the Chinese. The Chinese left this Buddha on the mountain as a mark of their presence.
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