Pothi Sach Khand, by Sodhi Miharban (also written as Miharvan), is the first of the six pothis or volumes which are said to have comprised the first detailed janam sakhi or biography of Guru Nanak. Sodhi Miharban (1581-1640) was the son of Baba Prithi Chand and grandson of Guru Ram Das, Nanak IV. Of the six pothis he is believed to have written only three are extant today. They are Pothi Sach Khand, Pothi Hariji and Chaturbhuj Pothi. Pothi Sach Khand is available in manuscript form, both individually and bound together with the other two pothis. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, has a manuscript copy of Pothi Sach Khand (accession No 83; undated) and another of all the three pothis bound together (accession No 954). The Sikh History Research Department of the Khalsa College, Amritsar, a