A Review of the Poetic Story of Sassi and Punnun That is Narrated by Balochi People

The story of Sassi and Punnun is one of the most famous romantic stories in the whole Indian Subcontinent which has a special place among the people of Sindh and Balochistan. This story is written about twenty times in Persian verses from the 11th to 14th century A. H. The Persian poets, according to their experiences of storytelling in Persian literature, have written and narrated the story in many different ways. Taking into consideration that Balochistan is neighbor with the Subcontinent and also a significant number of Balochi people have assimilated with Sindhi people. The mentioned story is also very common among Baloch people: one of the two main characters of the story Punnun was Baloch and from the town kech in Balochistan. The interest of Baloch poets in the versification of this story has doubled. This story has been versified several times and its narratives used in Balochi language. In this epopee, in some cases there are different versions used in Persian.