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ALT Announcement card. Left, a photograph of the book: a tall volume bound in green cloth, standing on a dark leather desk pad, its spine lettered in gold: Harvard Oriental Series 103, The Zafarnama of Guru Gobind Singh, Harpreet Singh. Right, on a cream panel: Now published; the title in Persian calligraphy, ظفرنامه; The Zafarnama of Guru Gobind Singh: A Critical Edition, Translation, and Commentary; Harpreet Singh; Harvard Oriental Series, Volume 103; and the line "The first critical edition of one of the most important documents in Sikh history."
ALT Slide titled "What the volume contains." Left, a manuscript page in Persian nastaliq within red and gold ruled borders, verse numbers in red in the margin, captioned Jammu bir (1765), folio 627b. Right, a numbered list: 1. The first critical edition of the Zafarnama, based on thirty-eight manuscripts consulted in Gurmukhi and Perso-Arabic script. 2. All 111 verses, each with the Persian text, a Gurmukhi transliteration and scansion. 3. An English verse translation of every couplet. 4. A grammatical table and a commentary for each verse. 5. An introduction on Sikh sovereignty, the letter's historical context, the manuscripts and the editorial method. 6. A preface by Wheeler M. Thackston. Closing line: The first edition, in over three centuries of transmission, to establish the text from manuscript evidence.
ALT A green panel beside a photograph of the book's green cloth spine, lettered in gold, standing on a dark leather desk pad. Text on the panel: Now available. The Zafarnama of Guru Gobind Singh. Harpreet Singh. Harvard Oriental Series, Volume 103. Order on Amazon; Amazon link in caption.
