Zafarnama

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Persian-language literary work epistle letter

Zafarnama is a historic Persian-language epistle composed by Guru Gobind Singh, addressed to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, powerfully asserting moral victory and divine justice in the face of oppression.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Zafarnama canonical	4
Guru Gobind Singh–Aurangzeb correspondence	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Persian-language literary work ⓘ epistle ⓘ letter ⓘ
addressee	Aurangzeb ⓘ Aurangzeb ⓘ surface form: Mughal emperor Aurangzeb
addresses	battle of Chamkaur context ⓘ losses suffered by Guru Gobind Singh ⓘ
alternativeClassification	part of Dasam Granth tradition (in some recensions) ⓘ
asserts	divine justice ⓘ moral victory ⓘ
associatedWith	Zafarnama self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guru Gobind Singh–Aurangzeb correspondence Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire Mughal–Sikh conflicts ⓘ surface form: Sikh–Mughal conflicts
author	Guru Gobind Singh ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	India ⓘ
criticizes	Aurangzeb's breach of oaths ⓘ political treachery ⓘ religious persecution ⓘ
emphasizes	faith in God over worldly power ⓘ futility of injustice ⓘ
form	poetic letter ⓘ
genre	didactic literature ⓘ political letter ⓘ religious letter ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 17th century ⓘ
influenced	later Sikh political thought ⓘ
language	Persian ⓘ
literaryStyle	rhymed Persian prose and verse ⓘ
moralMessage	temporal power is transient ⓘ true victory belongs to the righteous ⓘ
placeInTradition	important text in Sikh history ⓘ
preservedIn	Sikh literary tradition ⓘ
referencedIn	Sikh sermons ⓘ historical works on Sikh–Mughal relations ⓘ
religiousContext	Sikhism ⓘ
religiousPerspective	Sikh people ⓘ surface form: Sikh
script	Persian script ⓘ
theme	divine will ⓘ justice ⓘ moral accountability of rulers ⓘ oppression ⓘ truth ⓘ tyranny ⓘ
titleMeaning	The Victory ⓘ surface form: Book of Victory Epistle of Victory ⓘ
tone	admonitory ⓘ devotional ⓘ fearless ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guru Gobind Singh → notableWork → Zafarnama ⓘ

Dasam Granth → contains → Zafarnama ⓘ

Zafarnama → associatedWith → Zafarnama self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guru Gobind Singh–Aurangzeb correspondence

Hikayats → relatedWork → Zafarnama ⓘ

Charitropakhyan → associatedWith → Zafarnama ⓘ