00:00In the ancient city of Peshawar, where history breathes through narrow streets and the wind carries echoes of caravans long gone, lived a young Patan named Sarmad Khan.
00:15His family had guarded the old gate near the city wall for generations agate so worn by time that it stones. Seemed to remember every footstep that passed through it.
00:30The elders of Peshawar said the gate was more than stone and iron. It was a witness. It had seen traders from distant lands, scholars with ink-stained fingers, and warriors returning with dust on their clothes and honour in their eyes.
00:49Above all, it had witnessed the unbreakable code of the Pathans, Malmastia, Bedel, and Nang.
00:57Sarmad grew up listening to these stories at night, sitting beside his grandfather, Baba Rahim, whose beard was as white as mountain snow.
01:09A Patan's strength, Baba Rahim would say, is not in his sword, but in his word.
01:18One winter evening, as fog wrapped the city like a shawl, a wounded stranger collapsed near the old gate.
01:26He was a traveller, pursued by enemies from beyond the hills. Fear spread among the neighbours.
01:36Helping him could invite danger. Turning him away would be safer.
01:42Sarmad remembered his grandfather's words. Without hesitation, he carried the stranger into his home.
01:49His mother cleaned the wounds, and his father stood guard through the night.
01:55When armed men arrived at dawn, demanding the traveller, Sarmad stepped forward, his voice calm but firm.
02:05This man is our guest, he said. As long as he is under our roof, no harm will reach him.
02:13The men warned him of consequences, but they left, knowing the weight of a Patan's oath.
02:21For three days, the family sheltered the traveller until he was strong enough to leave safely through the hills.
02:29Before departing, the stranger pressed his hand to his heart.
02:35Your honour is greater than any treasure, he said.
02:39Years passed. Baba Rahim died, and Sarmad became the guardian of the old gate.
02:47One year, when conflict threatened Peshawar, a council of elders struggled to unite the people.
02:56Fear and anger spread quickly.
02:59Sarmad stood beneath the old gate and spoke not with force, but with memory.
03:05He reminded them of the city's soul, of the caravans that had passed in peace, and of the code that had preserved them through centuries.
03:17The people listened, peace was chosen over bloodshed, and the city endured once more.
03:24It is said that even today, if you pass through the old gate of Peshawar at dusk, you can feel its quiet strength.
03:35The Patans believe the gate still listens, still remembers, and still guards the honour of those who keep their word, just as Sarmad Khan once did.
03:48And so the folklore lives on, whispered in the wind of Peshawar, teaching each generation that true power lies in honour, kept and kindness given.
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