What is "paristan"

Paristan or Pari-estan ( pariyestân, "fairyland"; pari [fairy] + the suffix -stan) is a name of a fairyland in the folklore of Middle East, South Asia and Central Asia. In many children's stories Koh-e-Qaf is also used for fairyland. Koh-e-Qaf refers to the Caucasus mountains.

Most of the fairies are depicted as young females with very fair colour, golden hair and light colored eyes. Most of the people claim about Koh-e-Qaf that It is placed near the Baghdad ( Iraq). The story named "Thief of Baghdad" mentions that the fairies of Koh-e-Qaf live in a place near Baghdad.

Paristan (Land of Fairies) is a Bollywood fantasy film. It was released in 1944. The film was directed by Mahesh Kaul for Acharya Art productions. It starred Pahari Sanyal, Anjali Devi, Kamal Zamindar, Sunalini Devi, Moni Chatterjee and Padma Bannerjee. The music was composed by Ninu Majumdar and the lyrics were by Roopdas and Ninu Majumdar. This was Mahesh Kaul's second film after Angoori (1943).