ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>JA&#7748GN&#256M&#256 SARD&#256R HAR&#298 SI&#7748GH</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&#7748GN&#256M&#256 SARD&#256R HAR&#298 SI&#7748GH</i>, by R&#257m Di&#257l A&#7751ad, is a versified account, in Punjabi, of Har&#299 Si&#7749gh Nalv&#257's last crusade against the Af<u>gh</u>&#257ns in which he won the field but lost his life. The poet, about whom not much biographical information is available is a Hindu (A&#7751ad) Khatr&#299 of Nav&#257&#7749 Shahar. The poem begins with an invocation to the various Hindu gods (1-6) and goes on to describe the Af<u>gh</u>&#257ns' capture of Pesh&#257war (8). Har&#299 Si&#7749gh is the only Sikh general who accepts the frontier assignment willingly and happily (10). He moves with his troops to Pesh&#257war via Roht&#257s (14), Sar&#257i K&#257l&#257, near &#7788axil&#257 (15), and Haz&#257r&#257 (17). He was accompanied by Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh Jaw&#257har Si&#7749gh, Jam&#299t Si&#7749gh M&#363har and others. Har&#299 Si&#7749gh is killed fighting against the Af<u>gh</u>&#257ns at Jamr&#363d. Historically, it is not a very significant work as it contains no dates nor any other relevant data. However, it is a fine literary piece and provides a great deal of information about contemporary social life, rituals and customs.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Dharam Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>