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All photos made by the author, except numbers 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 26, and 30 made by my two research assistants, Huma Afaque and Tanazza Sakha

1 Women devotees at the Dātā Darbār, Lahore 94

2 Shrine of Bībī Jawindī, Uchch Sharīf 242

3 Back view of the shrine of Bībī Jawindī Uchch Sharīf 243

4 Metal board posted by the Department of Archaeology, Government of Pakistan, provides a brief note in the Urdu language introducing the visitors to Bībī Jawindī, Uchch Sharīf 243

5 Shrine of Bībī Fāṭima Saiyyida Gilānī, 1 Link Road, Lahore 260

6 Shrine of Harro Bībī, Mcleod Road, Lahore 264

7 Wall inscription in Urdu declaring that Harro Bībī was a disciple of Shaikh Mūsā Āhangar (d. 925/1519) 265

8 Shrine of Shāh Parioṅ jo Āsitāna (Shrine of the King Fairies), Makli, Thatta. The chicken brought as a gift is roaming around in the background 317

9 A woman devotee is presenting her infant for treatment to the spiritual healer, Shāh Parioṅ 318

10 A devotee holding a piece of salt to lick for spiritual healing at the shrine of Shāh Parioṅ, Makli, Thatta 318

11 Shrine Bībī Rāstī also known as Pāk Mā’ī and as Pāk Dāmnāṅ, Multan 385

12 Ancestral history of Bībī Rāstī, Multan 386

13 Front view of Bībī Rāstī shrine, Multan 388

14 Another front view of Bībī Rāstī shrine, Multan 388

15 Women’s graves at the shrine of Bībī Rāstī, Multan 390

16 An anonymous woman’s grave in the courtyard of Bībī Rāstī shrine, Multan 390

17 Bībīāṅ Pākdāmnāṅ Gaŕhī Shāhū, Lahore 440

18 Motichoor laddūs (a popular ball-shaped sweetmeat) with a ring affixed to its top, Bībīāṅ Pākdāmnāṅ, Gaŕhī Shāhū, Lahore 440

19 Amma Khairu’n-nisāʾ, Mewa Shāh Graveyard, Karachi 457

20 Outside Amma Bībī Maryam shrine, Near Keamari Post Office, Karachi 458

21 Amma Bībī Maryam shrine, Near Keamari Post Office, Karachi 459

22 Chilla of Ḥaẓrat Mirāṅ Saiyyid ʿAlī Datār, Karachi 463

23 Shrine visitor receiving blessings at the shrine of Rāstī Mā, located within the Chilla of Ḥaẓrat Mirāṅ Saiyyid ʿAlī Datār Karachi 464

24 A devotee woman putting oil from the earthen lamp on her tongue at the Chilla of Ḥaẓrat Mirāṅ Saiyyid ʿAlī Datār Karachi 465

25 A woman oiling hair of a child as a cure at the Chilla of Ḥaẓrat Mirāṅ Saiyyid ʿAlī Datār Karachi 466

26 Women visitors waiting to enter the Chilla of Ḥaẓrat Mirāṅ Saiyyid ʿAlī Datār Karachi 467

27 Shrine of Bībī Umm-i Ḥabība, Kharadar, off Nishtar Road, Karachi 471

28 Shrine of Saiyyida Khadīja Bībī, Kharadar, off Nishtar Road, Karachi 473

29 A woman healer at the shrine of Māʾī Mirāṅ Shāh/Sayyida Junaid Bībī/Mirāṅ Pīr Lea Market, Karachi 479

30 Khalīfas (representatives), appointed by the Sindh Government to look after the shrine of Māʾī Mirāṅ Shāh, Karachi 479

31 Women visitors resting at the shrine of Māʾī Mirāṅ Shāh, Karachi 480

32 Shrine of Haẓrat Shah ʿAbdu’l Mannān Ḥuẓūrī alma῾ārūʿf Burqa῾posh, Hall Road, Lahore 491

33 Chādarwāli Sarkār shrine, Hasan Parwana Colony, Multan. The shrine of Amma Bī, his wife, is inside this shrine complex 492

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