Case file · Fairy lore
Lake Saiful Muluk and the fairy princess
Mian Muhammad Bakhsh's Punjabi epic 'Saif ul Malook' (1863) tells of a prince who fell in love with the fairy princess Badri-ul-Jamala at this lake in Pakistan's Kaghan valley.
1863 CE · 34.88, 73.69 · status: legend
The account
Local guides say fairies still bathe in the lake on full-moon nights, and that a jealous demon (dev) flooded the valley in revenge.