Jangnama

jangnama, is an epic or heroic poem in the Bangladeshi, Indian, Irani and Pakistani literatures. 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.

Different jangnamas

A variety of different jangnamas were written in the years before 1850; they include:

Punjabi jangnamas

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.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Datta, Amarest (1988). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature. Heroic literature (Punjabi): Sahitya Akademi (New Delhi, Inde). p. 1570. ISBN 8126011947.
  2. ↑ Mahapatra, B. P.; Padmanabha, P.; McConnell, G. D.; Verma, V. S. (1989). "Pendjabi". In Kloss, Heinz; McConnell, Grant D. (eds.). 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. p. 438. ISBN 9782763771861.
  3. ↑ "Nand Singh and Jangnamah Europe: Subaltern insights on the wars of Empire". South Asia @ LSE. 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2017-04-14.