tva prasad Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Does anyone know any good books that explain, in detail, Sikh politics? Does anyone here have knowledge on Sikh politics, roles of the King, ministers, etc. in the kingdom, qualities of a good king, etc? Has there been any writing on the subject? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 the prem sumarag Granth. It’s also in English translation. The last two chaperone talks about how to govern a Sikh state in great detail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tva prasad Posted December 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 3 hours ago, amardeep said: the prem sumarag Granth. It’s also in English translation. The last two chaperone talks about how to govern a Sikh state in great detail. Thanks a lot, mate. Really appreciate it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 The government structure is very similar to the Mughal administration but overall there is a Sikh ethos to it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulfinder Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 There is also panth parkash granth as well as that has a lot of history along with suraj paraksh granth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 3 hours ago, Soulfinder said: There is also panth parkash granth as well as that has a lot of history along with suraj paraksh granth. They deal more with history than setup and governance. Though they do give a few hints here and there 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 Malcolm sketch of the Sikhs from 1812 also gives some info on the internal structure of Sikh government 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulfinder Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 54 minutes ago, amardeep said: They deal more with history than setup and governance. Though they do give a few hints here and there Thanks veer ji i didn't know that. But they are the most common used granths for katha and histroical gurdwaras. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 Yes because they relate Guru and Singh history. But in terms of government structures, social conditions of the people under sikh rule etc they provide very Little. The Persian writings produced at the courts of the Sikh Kings of Lahore, Kapurthala and Patiala however provide information on this. But due to them being written in difficult courtly Persian, very few Sikhs have studied these. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 Check this out, it might contain something useful: http://www.global.ucsb.edu/punjab/sites/secure.lsit.ucsb.edu.gisp.d7_sp/files/sitefiles/journals/volume20/3-JS Grewal 20.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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