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The '''Khamba Thoibi''' ({{lang-mni|ꯈꯝꯕ ꯊꯣꯢꯕꯤ}}), originally known as the '''Khamba Thoibi Sheireng"''' ({{lang-mni|ꯈꯝꯕ ꯊꯣꯏꯕꯤ ꯁꯩꯔꯦꯡ|Kham-ba Thoi-bee Shei-reng|Khamba Thoibi poem}}<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=4SBkAAAAMAAJ&dq=khamba+thoibi+epic&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=khamba+thoibi+Sheireng+epic</ref>), is a legendary [[Meitei language]] epic poem based on the 12th century love saga between Khuman prince [[Khuman Khamba]] and Moirang princess [[Moirang Thoibi]] in the antique kingdom of [[Ancient Moirang]], a province in [[Ancient Manipur]] ([[Ancient Kangleipak]]).<ref>http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=reviews.books.Khamba_Thoibi_and_Poems_on_Manipur_Book_Review_By_James_Oinam</ref> The poetry is composed by the legendary poet [[Hijam Anganghal]] and is regarded as the national epic of the [[Manipuri ethnicity]].<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA258&pq=khamba+thoibi&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjapaXNgpPrAhVOzjgGHZqUCQYQ6AElGjAD#v=onepage&q=khamba℅20thoibi&f=false</ref><ref>http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=Snipp12.15.151205.dec05</ref><ref>https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.466278/mode/2up</ref> The poetry is the greatest of all the epic poetries in [[Meitei literature]], with 34,000 verses, even longer than the [[Ramayana]].