Jangnama

In the literatures of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, a jangnama is an epic or heroic poem. The word is of Persian origin. In Kashmiri, jangnama refers to epic poetry generally; but jangnama also identifies a specific genre of poetry that deals with Islamic conquests. The genre also exists in many Muslim-influenced Indo-Aryan languages.[1] 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
  • Jangnama by Hamid Shah
  • Jangnama by Maulvi Ghulam Mastifa
  • Jang Ahd by Ahmad Yar
  • Jang Badan by Ahmad Yar
  • Jangnama Lahore by Khan 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.[1] 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.[2]

See also

References
  1. Datta, Amarest (1988). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature. Heroic literature (Punjabi): Sahitya Akademi (New Delhi, Inde). p. 1570. ISBN 8126011947.
  2. "Nand Singh and Jangnamah Europe: Subaltern insights on the wars of Empire". South Asia @ LSE. 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
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