Bhai Nand Lal

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Bhai Sahib Nand Lal ਨੰਦ ਲਾਲ نند لال Ji
Bhai Lal Nand (left) with his student Ghyaz Uddin (right)
Born	Nand Lal 1633 Ghazni, Mughal Empire (present-day Afghanistan)
Died	1713 Multan, Mughal Empire (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Resting place	Multan
Pen name	Goya
Occupation	Poet
Language	Persian, Arabic, Punjabi
Education	Persian, Arabic, Punjabi, Mathematics
Period	1645—1713

Bhai Nand Lal (Persian: بھائی نند لال; Punjabi: ਭਾਈ ਨੰਦ ਲਾਲ; 1633–1713), also known by his pen name Goya (Persian: گویا; Punjabi: ਗੋਯਾ), was a 17th-century Sikh poet in the Punjab region.^[1] He was one of the fifty-two poets of Guru Gobind Singh's darbar (court). Bhai Sahib lived in Multan and later became a courtier in darbar of Guru Gobind Singh; the tenth Sikh Guru.

Life[]

He was provided education in Arabic, Persian, and Mathematics during his early years. At the age of 12 he started writing poetry in Persian under the pen name Goya. At the age of 17 he lost his mother, and two years later his father. In 1652, he went to Multan and settled over there, and was married to a Sikh girl. Thereafter, he became inclined towards Sikhism, met Guru Gobind Singh in 1682 and later became Amritdhari. In 1707, he finally left his job with Prince Muazzam and appeared before Guru Gobind Singh. He came to Multan again in 1712 after the death of Bahadur Shah I and started a school of Arabic and Persian. He died in 1713 when in Multan.

Works[]

Some of his major works include:

1. Diwan-i-Goya
2. Zindaginama
3. Ganjnama
4. Tankhahnama
5. Jot Bigaas
6. Arz-ul-Alfaz
7. Tausif-O-Sana
8. Khatimat (poetry)
9. Dastoor-ul-Insha
10. Faiz-i-Nur

See also[]

• Bhai Gurdas
• Giani Sant Singh Maskeen

References[]

External links[]

• Bhai Nand Lal Website
• Ghazals of Bhai Nand Lal with Explanation
• Bhai Nand Lal's Ghazals - Giani Sant Singh Maskeen (live)

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