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Soldier,

Caller to prayer in a mosque,

Companion to a noble,

Physician,

Trader and Merchant,

Agriculturist,

a Navab’s Representative or petty Diplomat,

Poet,

Tutor,

Calligrapher,

Sufi Master or Shaikh,

Nobleman,

Carpet-weavers,

Beggars,

grass-diggers,

fishermen,

country bumpkins,

carpenters,

peddlers,

hut-dwellers,

doorkeepers,

cobblers,

potters,

pubic-hair shavers,

sweepers,

ne'er-do-wells,

flower-sellers,

bird-sellers,

match- or reed-sellers,

sparrow-trappers,

pimps and cuckolds,

crow-catchers,

carpet-spreaders,

rustics,

greedy businessmen,

Punjabi-speakers,

quacks,

eunuchs,

dirt-carriers,

whores,

lime-sellers,

bird-catchers,

puppeteers, pimps, fools…

(from Qalander Bakhsh Jurat 1748-1809)

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