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Zafarnamah ਜ਼ਫ਼ਰਨਾਮਾ ظفرنامه | |
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by Guru Gobind Singh | |
Original title | Zafarnāmāh |
Written | 1705 |
Country | Mughal Empire (present day India) |
Language | Persian |
Subject(s) | War, religion, morality, and justice |
Genre(s) | Religion, Letter |
Meter | Chantt |
Lines | 111 verses[1][2] |
Preceded by | Charitropakhyan |
Followed by | Hikayats |
Part of a series on the |
Dasam Granth ਦਸਮ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ |
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Main compositions |
Apocryphal compositions (Asfottak Banis) |
Various aspects |
Poetical metres, modes, measures, and rhythms |
The Zafarnāma (Gurmukhi: ਜ਼ਫ਼ਰਨਾਮਾ; Persian: ظفرنامہ, romanized: Zafarnameh, lit. 'Epistle of Victory') was a spiritual victory letter sent by Guru Gobind Singh in 1705 to the Mughal Emperor of India, Aurangzeb, after the Battle of Chamkaur.[3]