title: Jangnama
text: # 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.
  
  