ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>A&#7750&#298 R&#256I B&#256B&#256 (b. 1618)</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="AF*,RI,BB"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279A&#7750&#298 R&#256I, B&#256B&#256 (b. 1618), son of Gur&#363 Hargobind, was, according to <i>Gurbil&#257s Chhev&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i> born to M&#257t&#257 N&#257nak&#299 at Amritsar on 16 Maghar 1675 Bk/14 November 1618. The first to arrive to see the child's face was grandmother, M&#257t&#257 Ga&#7749g&#257, and she was the most rejoiced of all the family. Gur&#363 Hargobind, to quote the <i>Gurbil&#257s</i> again, gave him the name A&#7751&#299 R&#257i (<i>a&#7751i</i>, Skt. <i>an&#299k</i> = troops, army; <i>r&#257i=r&#257j&#257</i> or chief), Lord of Armies. As he grew up, A&#7751&#299 R&#257i remained absorbed within himself most of the time. He never married and lived the life of a recluse. All we learn from the biographer of Gur&#363 Hargobind is that he carried the conch at the funeral of his stepmother (<i>M&#257t&#257</i> Marv&#257h&#299), his stepbrother, S&#363raj Mal, giving his shoulder to the bier. A&#7751&#299 R&#257i died at Kiratpur where a shrine honouring his memory still exists.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>Gurbil&#257s Chhev&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299. </i> Patiala, 1970<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> <li class="C1"> Macauliffe, M. A. , <i>The Sikh Religion. </i> Oxford, 1909<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>