ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>JA&#7748G SI&#7748GH&#256&#7748 TE FIRA&#7748G&#298&#256&#7748</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279<i>JA&#7748G SI&#7748GH&#256&#7748 TE FIRA&#7748G&#298&#256&#7748</i>, by Ma&#7789ak, is a versified account, in Punjabi, of the first Anglo-Sikh war (1845-46) by a contemporary or near-contemporary poet about whom no biographical details are available. The poem, in its present incomplete form, is included in <i>Pañj&#257b d&#299&#257&#7749 V&#257r&#257&#7749</i> (Amritsar, 1946) edited by Dr Ga&#7751&#7693&#257 Si&#7749gh who got the manuscript of this poem from Naura&#7749g Si&#7749gh T&#257&#7749gh&#299 of Amritsar. It was first published in the <i>Phulv&#257&#7771&#299</i> (1938). Since the two opening stanzas and the concluding parts of the poem are missing, it has not been possible to date the work though it can be presumed to have been written soon after the war. The poem presents the appeal for help made by the oppressed people from the regions below the River Sutlej which had then been annexed by the East India Company as the main reason for the Sikhs' ire against the British (3). Beginning with the Sikhs' march towards F&#299rozpur and subsequent battle at Pher&#363 Shahr, which according to the poet started on Thursday (no year is mentioned perhaps because it was not needed in a contemporary or near-contemporary account), and goes to describe the fierce action but only in general terms, without supplying any specific names or details. However, he denounces in very unequivocal terms the treachery of Tej Si&#7749gh (22) and L&#257l Si&#7749gh (19), and praises Sh&#257m Si&#7749gh of A&#7789&#257r&#299 for his resolution and chivalry (28-33).</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Ga&#7751&#7693&#257 Si&#7749gh, ed., <i>Pañj&#257b d&#299&#257&#7749 V&#257r&#257&#7749</i>. Amritsar, 1946<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Dharam Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>