Bhai Nand Lal

Bhai Nand Lal (Persian: ‫ﺑﮭﺎﺋﯽ ﻧﻨﺪ ﻻﻝ ﺳﻨﮕﮫ‬,

Punjabi: ਭਾਈ ਨੰ ਦ ਲਾਲ, Hindi: भाई नंद लाल,
1633–1713), also known as Bhai Nand Lal
Singh, 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). He was born in Ghazni in
Afghanistan to father Chhajju Mal who
was a famous Persian scholar himself.
Bhai Sahib lived in Multan and later
became a courtier in Darbar (court) of
Guru Gobind Singh; the tenth Sikh Guru.
 Bhai Nand Lal
ਭਾਈ ਨੰ ਦ ਲਾਲ
‫ﺑﮭﺎﺋﯽ ﻧﻨﺪ ﻻﻝ ﺳﻨﮕﮫ‬
Born Nand Lal
1633
Ghazni, Mughal Empire
(now Afghanistan)
Died 1713
Multan, Mughal Empire
(now Punjab, Pakistan)
Resting place Multan
Pen name 'Goya
Occupation Poet
Language Persian, Arabic, Punjabi
Education Persian, Arabic,
Mathematics
Period 1633-1713
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 includes :

1. Diwan-E-Goya
2. Zindaginama
3. Ganjnama
4. Tankhahnama
5. Jot Bigaas
6. Arz-Ul-Alfaaz
7. Tausif-O-Sana
8. Khatimaat (poetry)
 9. Dastoor-Ul-Insha
10. Faiz-E-Noor

See also
Bhai Gurdas
Giani Sant Singh Maskeen

References
1. Singh, Pashaura; Fenech, Louis E.
(2014-03-27). The Oxford Handbook
of Sikh Studies . OUP Oxford. p. 168.
ISBN 9780191004117.

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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