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Early Sikh Tradition

A Study of the Janam-sakhis

by W. H. McLeod

An analysis of the janamsakhi narratives of Guru Nanak's life, their manuscript traditions, sources and purposes. McLeod treats them as evidence for the beliefs of the communities that told them rather than as straightforward biography.

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