AMARNAMA, a Persian work comprising 146 verses composed in AD 1708 by Bhai Natth Mall, a dhadi or balladeer who lived from the time of Guru Hargobind to that of Guru Gobind Singh, Nanak X. The manuscript of the work in Gurmukhi script obtained from Bhai Fatta, ninth in descent from Bhai Natth Mall, through Giani Gurdit Singh, then editor of the Punjabi daily, the Prakash, Patiala, was edited by Dr Ganda Singh and published by Sikh History Society, Amritsar/ Patiala in 1953. The Amarnama opens with the words "ath Amarnama tat Godavari Sri Mukhvak Patshahi 10" (This Amarnama was written on the bank of the River Godavari by the Tenth Lord, Guru Gobind Singh) and ends with the words "iti Sri Amarnama Mukhvak Patshahi Dasam sati sampurann (Thus this Amarnama of the Tenth Master was completed).