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To ward off the spell, they had contacted a "pir" - or faith healer - in the north-western city of Dera Ismail Khan, and were following his instructions, Mr Mehmood said.
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To ward off the spell, they had contacted a "pir" - or faith healer - in the north-western city of Dera Ismail Khan, and were following his instructions, Mr Mehmood said.
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Although a landed gentleman and a locally venerated "pir," or Sufi saint (an inherited mantle), Fahim is a totally secular, moderate, pragmatic social democrat as well as a mystic poet.
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He must choose a "pir," or spiritual guide who may represent the Unseen
Mystics and Saints of Islam Claud Field 1902
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"It saves us money when we can talk to everyone on the phone," says Banarsi, adding that her daily chats with her 'pir' and ageing parents brings her
The Times of India 2009
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The wisest of them got together and consulted a 'pir'
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The pir in the sky by and by bullshit will get any candidate defeeated.
Nevada Teachers' Union Sues To Stop Workers Caucusing On Las Vegas Strip 2009
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The tales of Ramayana, Mahabharata, Muharram, Rass lilla, Monosha Mongol, Sri Krishna and Gazi pir usually being the subject matter of these folk paintings that narrate their stories frame by frame.
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Baba Ram Dev, a popular folk deity of Rajput lineage in west Rajasthan is worshiped by both Hindus and Muslims who call him a pir, with a pundit and maulavi in attendance at the shrine in Ramdevra in Jodhpur.
The Jodhaa Akbar controversy distorts the glorious legacy of Rajput-Mughal syncretic culture, 2008
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As for the rest, be it the shrine of a pir or a typical teerth sthan, the gathering of crowds for journeys of piety and pilgrimages are almost synonymous with dirt, disorder and chaos instead of harmony, serenity and order.
Pilgrim Trails Shantanud 2008
rolig commented on the word pir
In modern colloquial Slovene, this means "beer" (< G. Bier). Curiously, there co-exists an authentically Slavic word pir, which means "feast, banquet" (the verb is pirovati), but this word has generally been replaced by the word gostija (from the word gost, "guest"), probably to avoid any confusion between drunken student revelry and white-tie dining.
June 29, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word pir
Etymology: Persian Pir (Old Man). a religious instructor, especially in mystical sects
August 31, 2009