Muhammad

Muhammad heads the Panjtan-i pok, the 'five pure bodies' who stand at the heart of Pamiri Ismaili cosmology and are embodied in the five wooden pillars of the traditional house. His pillar, the Shohsutun by the entrance, is cut from sacred juniper whose fragrant smoke purifies and heals, and the cradle of a newborn is set beside it. In the layered symbolism of the dwelling the Panjtan pillars are read over an older Zoroastrian frame in which they answered to the yazatas, the Prophet's post being aligned with Surush, so that the house preserves both the Muslim holy family and the guardian spirits of the pre-Islamic Pamir.

Children

• Bibi Fotima

Domains

• prophecy and revelation
• house pillar cosmology

Powers

• hallow the chief pillar and cradle of the house

Relations

• child: Bibi FotimaFatima is his daughter.Bobrinskoy, A. A. (1908). Gortsy verkhov'ev Piandzha, on the Panjtan and their kinship. (secondary)

Sources

• The Prophet Muhammad heads the Panjtan-i pok, the five holy bodies to whom the five pillars of the Pamiri house are dedicated; his pillar of juniper is the cradle-post aligned in older lore with the yazata Surush.: Andreev, M. S. (1953–1958). Tadzhiki doliny Khuf. (secondary); Bobrinskoy, A. A. (1908). Gortsy verkhov'ev Piandzha (Vakhantsy i Ishkashimtsy). (secondary)