Thread by @meenakshisharan

Aurangzeb sent #GuruGobindSingh ji a Quran as a promise to allow him a safe passage from Anandpur. December 1704, Guru ji left Anandpur with family & 700 followes. While resting in Chamkaur Garhi, they were attacked by trecherous Mughals.
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Including #GuruGobindSingh ji’s 2 sons, his 40 men gave a tough fight & compelled Guruji to escape. After the Battle of Chamkaur, Guru Ji wrote a letter, #Zafarnama to #Aurangzeb expressing his own moral victory over the Mughal & his distrust in them 2/n
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#Zafarnama was written in Persian & sent with Daya Singh Ji to #Aurangzeb
Mara aitbar bar een kasm-e-neest
Ke eizad gavah ast yazdan yakeest
Na katreh mara aitbar-e-bar-ost
Ki bakshi va deewan hameh kibzgost
Kase kaul-e kuran kund aitbar
Haman roz-e akhir shawad nard khawar.3/n

Meaning- “I have no trust in your oaths #Aurangzeb
I don’t trust your generals who took oaths on Quran, to give me safe passage.
Whosoever trusts the oaths on Quran is bound to be doomed!”
Was the visionary #GuruGobindSingh ji wrong?
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Agar sad kuran ra b-khirdi kasam
Mara aitbar-e na yak zara dam.

अगर तुम क़ुरान की सौ क़समें भी खा लोगे, तब भी मुझे तुमपर रत्ती भरोसा नहीं है।

#Zafarnama has 111 verses,34 praise God,15 rebuke Aurangzeb,78,79 warn #Aurangzeb about Khalsa vow, ‘no rest till evil’s ended.
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Ballad singing that kept Dharm, history & our heroes alive across towns & villages through generations,were systematically wiped off by the English & their stooges. Singers must accept #ReviveATraditionChallenge & revive our heroic history.
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