ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BH&#298KHAN KH&#256N (d. 1688)</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="BH*KHAN,KHN"> <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">&#65279BH&#298KHAN KH&#256N (d. 1688) was a Pa&#7789h&#257n who had served in the Mu<u>gh</u>al army before joining Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh at P&#257o&#7751t&#257 S&#257hib on the recommendation of P&#299r Buddh&#363 Sh&#257h of S&#257&#7693haur&#257. He had one hundred soldiers under his command, but he crossed over to the hill <i>r&#257j&#257s</i> on the eve of the battle of Bha&#7749g&#257&#7751&#299 (AD 1688). According to Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, Bh&#299khan <u>Kh</u>&#257n told the Pa&#7789h&#257ns in the employ of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh that the Gur&#363 was mainly dependant on them and that the rest of his army was only a miscellaneous rabble who would run away when they heard the first shot fired. He suggested that they could save their lives by taking the side of the hillmen. They would fight in the rear of the hill armies and would obtain from the hill chiefs permission to plunder the Gur&#363's wealth. The Pa&#7789h&#257ns applauded Bh&#299khan <u>Kh</u>&#257n's advice and joined the hill <i>r&#257j&#257s</i> against Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. When Buddh&#363 Sh&#257h learnt how the Pa&#7789h&#257n soldiers had reneged, he came forward with his four sons and seven hundred disciples to assist the Gur&#363. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh says in his <i>Bachitra N&#257&#7789ak</i> that as he saw Sh&#257h Sa&#7749gr&#257m (Sa&#7749go Sh&#257h), a cousin of his, fall in the battle of Bha&#7749g&#257&#7751&#299, he took up his bow and arrows. With the first arrow, he struck a <u>Kh</u>&#257n who fell to the ground. He then drew out another one and aimed at Bh&#299khan <u>Kh</u>&#257n, hitting him in the face. Leaving his horse, the bleeding <u>Kh</u>&#257n fled, but was killed by another arrow from the Gur&#363's bow.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"><i>Bachitra N&#257&#7789ak</i><BR> <li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1926-37<BR> <li class="C1"> Suri, V. S. and Gurcharan Singh, <i>Pir Budhu Shah</i>. Chandigarh, 1971<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh <i>Guru Gobind Si&#7749gh</i>. Chandigarh, 1966<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Bhagat Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>