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Work #1255 · Mature

Zafarnama

Guru Gobind Singh
1705 · Persian
Persian letter / Political-religious document · Sikhism / Khalsa tradition

Guru Gobind Singh's 1705 Persian letter to Aurangzeb — major political-religious document

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Attribute Zafarnama (Mature)
Time · Extent Finite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Finite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Discrete

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Zafarnama

The 1705 late-Mughal-period moment after Chamkaur.

Space

Zafarnama

The Mughal-Khalsa political-religious confrontation setting.

Matter

Zafarnama

The embodied Khalsa-community and the Mughal political-religious authority.

Observer

Zafarnama

Guru Gobind Singh as proper political-religious moral judge.

Energy

Zafarnama

The political-religious-moral energies of the indictment.

Information

Zafarnama

The 111-verse Persian content.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Zafarnama

The Zafarnama has been universally cited as foundational Sikh political-religious document; its proper-historical-political interpretation has been variously assessed across centuries of Sikh political-religious-historical reflection.