{{Short description|Punjabi poet (1780–1862)}} {{other uses|Shah Muhammad (disambiguation)}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox writer | name = Shah Mohammad | image = ShahMuhammad.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year|1780}} | birth_place = Wadala Viram, Amritsar, Bhangi Misl <br> {{small|(present-day Punjab, India)}} | death_date = {{death year and age|1862|1780}} | death_place = Amritsar, Punjab, British India <br> {{small|(present-day Punjab, India)}} | occupation = Poet | movement = First Anglo-Sikh War | genre = | notableworks = Jangnama (Book of War) about the First Anglo-Sikh War }} '''Shah Mohammad''' ({{langx|pa|{{nq|شاہ محمّد}}}} {{small| (Shahmukhi)}}; {{lang|pa|ਸ਼ਾਹ ਮੁਹੰਮਦ}} {{small|(Gurmukhi)}}; 1780–1862), was a Punjabi poet who lived during the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1801 – 1839) and is best known for his book ''Jangnama'' (Book of War) written around 1846, which depicts the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845 – 1846) that took place after the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1839.<ref name=APNA>{{cite web|url=http://apnaorg.com/prose-content/english-articles/page-21/article-1/index.html |author=Varinder Walia|website=Academy of the Punjab in North America (APNA) website|date=8 December 2005|title=Retracing the glory of Shah Mohammad|access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref><ref name=goodreads>[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17260697-jangnama-singhan-te-firangian Jangnama Singhan Te Firangian (book by Shah Mohammad) on goodreads.com website] Retrieved 23 October 2020</ref>
Shah Muhammad was a Muslim poet of the united India. He was born in Amritsar and his father was Abdul Qureshi.His notable work was the "Sikhan di war" which is a descriptive account of the first Anglo-Sikh War.He wrote this Magnus opus on the request of his friends "Hira Khan" and "Noor Khan". His other notable works include: 1)dowry (2)Qissa Sassi Punu (3)Ghazal (4) Naat It is widely believed by historians that Shah Mohammad had gathered his book material from many eye-witness accounts of his relatives employed in Maharaja Ranjit Singh's army which is how he could piece together a complete picture of the battle between the Punjabis and the British. Therefore, Shah Mohammad's book explains reasons for the fall of Sikh rule in the Punjab.<ref name=goodreads/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * Singh, Khushwant, "A history of the Sikhs Volume II" {{Sikh Empire}}
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