Speaking Truth to Power: Exploring Guru Nanak’s <i>Bābar-vāṇī</i> in Light of the <i>Baburnama</i>

Speaking Truth to Power: Exploring Guru Nanak’s <i>Bābar-vāṇī</i> in Light of the <i>Baburnama</i>

This essay offers in-depth analysis of Guru Nanak’s works, collectively known as the Bābar-vāņī (“arrow-like utterances concerning Babur”), in the context of the memoirs of the first Mughal emperor Babur (1483–1530). It extends the number of works in the collection from a ‘fixed’ assemblage of ‘four...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pashaura Singh
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:	Religions
Subjects:	<i>Bābar-vāṇī</i> Babur <i>Baburnama</i> Dawlat Khan Lodi Gurdas Guru Nanak
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/7/328

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