ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BH&#298KHAN SH&#256H</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,SHH"> <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 SH&#256H or SH&#256H BH&#298KH, P&#298R, a seventeenth century S&#363f&#299 saint, was born the son of Sayyid Muhammad Y&#363saf of Si&#257&#7751&#257 Sayyid&#257&#7749, a village 5 km from Pehov&#257, now in Kurukshetra district of Hary&#257&#7751&#257. For a time, he lived at Ghu&#7771&#257m in present-day Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257 district of the Punjab and finally settled at &#7788hask&#257, again in Kurukshetra district. He was the disciple of Abul Mu-&#257l&#299 Sh&#257h, a S&#363f&#299 divine residing at Ambhi&#7789&#257, near Sah&#257ranpur in Uttar Pradesh, and soon became a <i>p&#299r</i>, saint of much repute and piety in his own right. According to tradition preserved in Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, P&#299r Bh&#299khan Sh&#257h, as he learnt through intuition of the birth of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh (1666-1708) at Pa&#7789n&#257, made obeisance that day to the east instead of to the west. At this his disciples demurred, for no Muslim should make such respectful gestures except towards the K&#257'b&#257. The P&#299r explained that in a city in the east, the Beneficent Lord had revealed Himself through a new born babe, to whom it was that he had bowed and to no ordinary mortal. Bh&#299khan Sh&#257h with his disciples then travelled all the way to Pa&#7789n&#257 to have a glimpse of the infant Gobind R&#257i, barely three months old. Desiring to know what would be his attitude to the two major religious peoples of India, he placed two small pots in front of the child, one representing in his own mind Hindus and the other Muslims. As the child covered both the pots simultaneously with his tiny hands, Bh&#299khan Sh&#257h felt happy concluding that the new seer would treat both Hindus and Muslims alike and show equal respect to both. Sikh chronicles record another meeting between (Gur&#363) Gobind Si&#7749gh and P&#299r Bh&#299khan Sh&#257h which took place in 1672 when the latter went to see him at Lakhnaur, near Amb&#257l&#257, where he was halting for some time on his way from Pa&#7789n&#257 to K&#299ratpur.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Sukh&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s D&#257svi&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i>. Lahore, 1912<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"> 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> </ol><p class="CONT">Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh Padam<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>