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ALT Card titled “Who gets to judge an emperor?” with the couplet “As judge I speak, my word I’ll not betray, / If you’re sincere, then take your step this way.” Two columns compare readings of Verse 56. Patna manuscript and this edition: qāżī man-am, “I am the judge.” Other manuscripts and print editions: qāżī marā guft, “the judge said to me.” Below is a photograph of the verse in Persian and Gurmukhi script. A green band at the bottom reads: “Pre-order from Harvard University Press. The Ẓafarnāma of Guru Gobind Singh. 30% off with code HOL26. Ships November 24, 2026. hup.harvard.edu.”
ALT Card headed “The Guru commands the emperor to come himself.” It shows two lines in Persian script with transliteration and translation. Verse 60: biyā tā ki man khud zubānī kunam, “Come, let me speak with you face to face.” Verse 63: agar ki biyāyad ba farmān-i man, “Should he come forth obeying my command.”
ALT Card headed “Open the book.” It shows pages 204 and 205 of the edition open side by side, with numbered markers: 1 Persian text, 2 Gurmukhi transliteration, 3 meter, 4 English verse translation, 5 manuscript variants, 6 grammar, 7 commentary.
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.
