Dhadi Varaan

What this book is about

A collection of Punjabi verse narratives, written in the kavvi and siharfi styles, on the martial and devotional history of the Sikhs. A long contents list runs to over a hundred numbered pieces with page numbers, among them Kabiyo Kabe di Vaar, the martyrdom of Guru Teg Bahadur ji, Jahivanana on Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, Shaheed Maha Singh ji, Jang Chamu Sahib, the death of Jang Multan and Subedar Multan and Yab Ali, Jang Nau Shahir and the episode of Akali Phula, Jang Kasur on the rout of Nawab Kasur and the Khalsa taking Lahore, Azad Bharat di Pehli Fathih on the Ryasat of Hyderabad, the marriage of Jang Sargrana Sahib and Bibi Veero, and Bhai Biddhi Chand who carried the marriage procession. The book opens with a salok to the Jetha Sahib, an arda, and a prayer, and the first piece, Seetal Kiran, opens the text proper. The imprint details on the title page are garbled in the scan and cannot be read.