jangnama
Jangnama, is an epic or heroic poem in the Bangladeshi, Indian, Irani and Pakistani literatures. The word is of Persian origin. The genre also exists in many Muslim-influenced Indo-Aryan languages.
Also recorded as Jungnama
jangnama
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- writer · poet
- Languages
- Punjabi
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Different jangnamas
Different jangnamas
A variety of different jangnamas were written in the years before 1850; they include: • Janganama Zainab's Chautisa by Sheikh Faizullah (16th century) • Janganama by Dawlat Wazir Bahram Khan (16th century) • Jangnama Muqtal Husayn by Mohammad Khan Islamabadi (1645) • Jangnama by Abdul Hakim (1723) • Zari Jangnama Maharamparba by Heyat Mahmud (1723) • Qasim-er Lodai O Fatima-r Suratnama by Sherbaz (18th century) • Shahid-e-Karbala O Sakina-r Bilaap by Zafar (18th century) • Shongram Husayn by Hamid (18th century) • Janganama Amir Hamza by Gharibullah • Jangnama Hanifa (Zaiguner Pathi) by Sayad Hamza • Jangnama by Radhacaran Gop • Jangnama by Nasrullah Khan
Punjabi jangnamas
Punjabi jangnamas
• Jangnama by Hamid Shah, it was written in the 18th century • Jangnama by Maulvi Ghulam Mustifa • Jang Ahd by Ahmad Yar • Jang Badan by Ahmad Yar • Jangnama Lahore by Kahan Singh • Jangnama Hari Singh by Ram Dayal • Jangnama Delhi Khazan Singh • Jangnama Kabul Kandhar by Siam • Jangnama Kabul by Karam Singh • Jangnama Khaibar by Mirza Abdul Hamid • Jang Europe by Havinder Nand Singh • Jang Chitral by Kahan Singh • Jang Singhaan te Angrezan by Shah Mohammad as well as the anonymous Jang Chitral, Jang Chin, Jang Tiraj, and Jang Zaitun. Jangnamahs were also written in more recent times; one example is Jangnamah Europe by a Sikh soldier, Nand Singh, who fought in the First World War.
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- 1.Datta, Amarest. Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi (New Delhi, Inde). 1570. 1988. 8126011947.
- 2.Mahapatra, B. P. THE WRITTEN LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD: A SURVEY OF THE DEGREE AND MODES OF USE, Volume II: INDIA. Book 1. Constitutional Languages. Laval University Press. 438. 1989. 9782763771861.
- 3.Nand Singh and Jangnamah Europe: Subaltern insights on the wars of Empire. South Asia @ LSE. 2017-04-05.
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