ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>B&#256BAK (d. 1642)</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="BBAK"> <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">&#65279B&#256BAK (d. 1642), a Muslim <i>rab&#257b&#299</i> or musician, kept Gur&#363 Hargobind company and recited the sacred hymns at <i>d&#299v&#257ns</i> morning and evening. The word<i>b&#257bak</i>, from Persian, means faithful. As says the <i>Gurbil&#257s Chhev&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i>, B&#257bak was, at the death of Satt&#257 and Balva&#7751&#7693, who used to recite sacred hymns for the Gur&#363, asked to perform the obsequies for them under their (Muslim) rites. B&#257bak, it is said, dug the graves for the deceased on the bank of the River R&#257v&#299 and after the burial service, performed the <i>k&#299rtan</i> on the site where sat Gur&#363 Hargobind. To quote the <i>Gurbil&#257s</i> again, he took part in the battle of Amritsar in 1629 during which he assisted in the evacuation of the Gur&#363's family to Jhab&#257l. Going by the <i>Gurbil&#257s</i> account, Gur&#363 Hargobind, before he departed the world, asked B&#257bak to return to Amritsar. As bidden by the Gur&#363, B&#257bak retired to Amritsar where he died in 1642.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>Gurbil&#257s Chhev&#299n 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>. Patiala, 1970<BR> <li class="C1"> Macauliffe, M. A. , <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Bhagat Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>