Jangnama
# 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. 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. 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.

