vaar

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{{Punjabis}}

The Vār or Vaar ({{Langx|pa|ਵਾਰ|label=Gurmukhi}}, {{Langx|pa|{{nq|وار‎‎}}|label=Shahmukhi}}), in Punjabi poetry, is a heroic ode or ballad which generally narrates legend such as stories of Punjabi folk heroes or a historical event.The Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature (Volume One - A to Devo). Amaresh Datta, ed. Sahitya Akademi: 2006, 352.

{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Bhupender |title=Baba Nanak Shah Fakir |date=23 December 2022 |publisher=Blue Rose Publishers |isbn=9789357046602 |edition=1st |pages=22–23 |quote=}} Examples include the feats of Dulla Bhatti and Raja Rasalu, Amir Khusrau's Vaar for Ghazi Malik who took the throne of Delhi in 1320, the Vaar of Shaikh Khokhar,{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&dq=Tughlaq+Di+Var&pg=PA1570 |title= Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature Devraj to Jyoti · Volume 2 |page=1570 |author= Amaresh Datta|date=1988 }} Najabat's Nadar Shah di Var which describes the invasion of India by Nadir Shah in 1739,{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s9VjAAAAMAAJ&q=sajan |title=Explorations |date=1984 |publisher=Department of English Language and Literature, Government College. |pages=19 |language=en}} and the Chatthian di Vaar which commemorates Pir Muhammad Chattha's famous rivalry with the Sikhs.{{cite book|last=Mirzā|first=Shafqat Tanvir |title=Resistance Themes in Punjabi Literature |publisher=Sang-e-Meel Publications - University of Michigan Library (digitized 9 May 2008) via Google Books website|year=1992| isbn=978-969-35-0101-8| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oLpjAAAAMAAJ&q=Chattha&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=3|pages=56–62}} The Var has also been used to evoke the mood of devotion or sacrifice, as in Guru Gobind Singh's Chandi di Var, or to narrate the mystical experience of a Pir, Bhagat or Guru.