Sabhasad Bakhar

Shri-Shiva-Prabhuche-Charitra (IAST: Śrī-Śiva-Prabhuce-Caritra), better known as Sabhasad Bakhar, is a Marathi language biography of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. It was written by Krishnaji Anant Sabhasad at Jinji,^[1] at the court of Shivaji's son Rajaram in 1697.^[2]

Sabhasad Bakhar

Author	Krishnaji Anant Sabhasad
Original title	Shri-Shiva-Prabhuche-Charitra
Language	Marathi
Subject	Biography of Shivaji
Genre	Bakhar
Publication date	1697
Publication place	India

The text describes several notable events in Shivaji's life, including Shivaji's killing of Afzal Khan, his visit to and escape from the Mughal court, his coronation, and his meeting with Venkoji.^[3] Since the author was a contemporary of Shivaji, it is considered the most reliable bakhar about the king's life.^[4]

The Siva Chhatrapati volume is the English translation of the Sabhasad Bakhar. ^[5]

References

1. Jagadish Narayan Sarkar (1977). History of history writing in medieval India. Ratna. p. 6.
2. James W. Laine (2003). Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India. Oxford University Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-19-566771-4.
3. K. Ayyappa Paniker (1997). Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 377–378. ISBN 978-81-260-0365-5.
4. Richard Maxwell Eaton (2015). The Sufis of Bijapur, 1300-1700: Social Roles of Sufis in Medieval India. Princeton University Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-4008-6815-5.
5. Sabhasada, Krshnaji Ananta; Sen, Surendra Nath (1920). Siva Chhatrapati: Being a Translation of Sabhasad Bakhar With Extracts From Chitnis and Sivadigvijya, With Notes (PDF). Calcutta, India: University of Calcutta.