Unless there is urgent business, no one willingly visits the area around Munshitila beside Bubachhara. Tigers, bears, jinn, and ghosts are said to roam there. Deep inside that dense forest, a man wearing a turban and panjabi was found sitting at the mouth of a hole resembling a pangolin’s burrow, as if he had emerged straight from the earth itself. No one in the village recognized him or had ever seen him before. People asked him many questions, but no one could understand his replies. His language was foreign, and his appearance was foreign too. He seemed to be a man from Arabia, Iran, or Turan. That man stayed in Munshitila, married, and built a family there. But one day, he left his home again and set off on the road toward an unknown destination. His name was Fateh Ali Shah. His descendants still live in Kalimabad village near Munshitila. One of Fateh Ali Shah’s descendants, Aleya Rahman, has written this true story that reads like fiction…

Book: Collected Treasure
Author: Aleya Rahman
Publication Year: 2021
Publisher: Kaitar Publications
Price: 200 BDT