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

• Dobhashi
• Kissa
• List of Punjabi-language poets

References