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Despite the centrality of this group to modern Sikhism, scholarship on the Panj Piare has remained sparse. Louis Fenech's new book examines the Khalsa and the role that the Panj Piare have had in the development of the Sikh faith over the past three centuries.
List of contents
- Prologue
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Orthography and Dating
- Chapter One
- Introduction: The Cherished Five, Guru Gobind Singh, and the Khalsa
- Chapter Two
- The Number and Names of the Much-Loved Five
- Chapter Three
- The Previous Lives of The Precious Five
- Chapter Four
- The Five Beloved in Mid to Late Eighteenth-Century Gur-bilas Literature
- Chapter Five
- The Five Adored in Early Nineteenth-Century Sikh Literature
- Chapter Six
- The Treasured Five Move into The Later Nineteenth Century
- Chapter Seven
- The Panj Piare and Place: Twentieth-Century Ruminations
- Afterward
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Appendix
About the author
Louis E. Fenech is Professor of History at the University of Northern Iowa. He is the author of several books, including The Sikh Zafar-namah of Guru Gobind Singh and the co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies.
Summary
Despite the centrality of this group to modern Sikhism, scholarship on the Panj Piare has remained sparse. Louis Fenech's new book examines the Khalsa and the role that the Panj Piare have had in the development of the Sikh faith over the past three centuries.
