A library record identifies one Punjabi reading object

Punjab Agricultural University’s catalogue lists Jangnama Singhan te Firangian under Shah Muhammad, with Patiala and 1981 in its publication fields and a description of 47 pages. The subject headings place it under both Punjabi poetry and Punjab history. The Mohinder Singh Randhawa Library identifies the item by call number 891.421 S 31 J and barcode 205197. These details provide a concrete starting point for locating the poem. They do not name an editor or describe a manuscript basis, so those questions remain for the consulted copy. Record author and edition as well as the familiar short title when requesting material.[1]

Translation and credit

Singh Brothers lists P.K.Nijhawan’s The First Punjab War as a 272-page hardback, first edition January 2001, ISBN 8172052286. Its description identifies English and Hindi renditions of Shah Mohammed’s Jangnamah and places the narrative after Ranjit Singh, in the context of the war beginning in 1845. The publication year dates that rendering, not Shah Muhammad’s original composition. Keep the translator and language attached to any passage reference. The difference between this volume’s 272 pages and the library holding’s 47 pages does not, by itself, establish textual completeness or explain the contents of either edition.[2]

Poem and interpretation

The publisher frames the work through the decline of the Sikh kingdom and the formation of Punjabi feeling, claiming broad social significance for the poem. That is a stated interpretation through which the edition is presented. It does not prove that the poet spoke for every inhabitant, religion or social group in Punjab. A useful historical reading should distinguish the attributed poem from the translator’s choices and later framing. Check particular statements against the passage and edition actually read, then compare them with other evidence for the event under discussion.[2]

Sources & notes

Source records include access dates and, where known, limits on what was examined. Checks used AI assistance; independent human or specialist review has not been completed.

  1. Punjab Agricultural University, Mohinder Singh Randhawa Library. Jangnama Singhan te Firangian, bibliographic record 108082 ↗primary university library catalogue · Source date: publication date not established · Locator: Title, ShahMuhammad author, Patiala 1981,47 pages, subject headings, call 891.421 S 31 J and barcode 205197. Accessed 2026-11-01.Actual full public record inspected.1981 is edition year; no editor, publisher, script, manuscript origin or composition date inferred from sparse fields. Current availability field not a promise of loan/delivery. Full poem not read.Return to A library record identifies one Punjabi reading object, paragraph 1 ↑
  2. Singh Brothers; P.K.Nijhawan rendering of Shah Mohammed’s Jangnamah. The First Punjab War ↗primary publisher edition and interpretative description · Source date: publication date not established · Locator: Book details:January 2001 first edition,272 pages, ISBN 8172052286; description of English/Hindi rendering and post-RanjitSingh context. Accessed 2026-11-01.Actual book details and description inspected.2001 is modern publication,1845 in blurb identifies war context not full composition dating. Publisher claims about all Punjabi masses/pride not adopted as universal identities or proof of poet’s representativeness. The full translation and introduction were not read.Return to Translation and credit, paragraph 1 ↑Return to Poem and interpretation, paragraph 1 ↑
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Record PH-COL-0024 · English edition · human review not performed