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<p class="C1">&#65279AJMER SI&#7748GH was the name given a seventeenth-century Muslim recluse of Chhatte&#257&#7751&#257, a village in present-day Far&#299dko&#7789 district of the Punjab, as he received the initiatory rites of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257. His original name was Ibr&#257h&#299m, popularly shortened to Brahm&#299 or Bahm&#299. According to an old chronicle, <i>M&#257lv&#257 Desh Ra&#7789an di S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>, Ibr&#257h&#299m had himself dug a grave, duly lined with brick and mortar into which he intended to descend, through a hole he had kept for the purpose, when his time came. But when he met Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, who had come to Chhatte&#257&#7751&#257 after the battle of Muktsar (1705), he was so deeply moved that he requested to be admitted to the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 fold. The Gur&#363, says Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, observed, "Being a Muslim desiring with conviction to join the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 Panth, you are setting a good example. Among the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 it is only proper that every one, high or low, take the <i>p&#257hul</i> (baptism of the double-edged sword). " Ibr&#257h&#299m received the <i>p&#257hul</i> at the hands of Bh&#257&#299 M&#257n Si&#7749gh, and the Gur&#363 gave him his new name, Ajmer Si&#7749gh. Ajmer Si&#7749gh diligently learnt the Sikh prayers which he regularly recited morning and evening.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>M&#257lv&#257 Desh Ra&#7789an d&#299 S&#257kh&#299 Poth&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1968<BR>
<li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>Amritsar, 1927-35<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 </i>[Reprint]. Patiala, 1970<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh Padam<br></p><BR>
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