ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>BUDDH&#362 SH&#256H P&#298R (1647-1704)</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="BUDDHj,SHH,P*R,Person,Person"> <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">&#65279BUDDH&#362 SH&#256H, P&#298R (1647-1704), a Muslim divine whose real name was Badr ud-D&#299n and who was an admirer of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, was born on 13 June 1647 in a prosperous Sayyid family of Sa&#7693haur&#257, in present - day Amb&#257l&#257 district of Hary&#257&#7751&#257. Because of his simplicity and silent nature during his early childhood he was given the nickname of Buddh&#363 (lit. simpleton) which stuck to him permanently. He was married at the age of 18 to a pious lady, Nas&#299r&#257&#7749, who was the sister of Said <u>Kh</u>&#257n, later a high-ranking officer in the Mu<u>gh</u>al army. It is not certain how Buddh&#363 Sh&#257h first became acquainted with Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, but it is recorded that he called on him in 1685 at P&#257o&#7751&#7789&#257, on the bank of the Yamun&#257. At his recommendation, the Gur&#363 engaged 500 Pa&#7789h&#257n soldiers under the command of four leaders, K&#257le <u>Kh</u>&#257n, Bh&#299khan <u>Kh</u>&#257n, Nij&#257bat <u>Kh</u>&#257n and Hay&#257t <u>Kh</u>&#257n. In 1688, when Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh was attacked by a combined force of the hill chiefs led by R&#257j&#257 Fateh Sh&#257h of Sr&#299nagar (Ga&#7771hv&#257l), all the Pa&#7789h&#257ns with the exception of K&#257le <u>Kh</u>&#257n deserted him and joined the hill monarch. The Gur&#363 conveyed the news of the treachery to P&#299r Buddh&#363 Sh&#257h, who immediately rushed to Bha&#7749g&#257&#7751&#299, the battlefield, with 700 of his followers, including his brother and four sons. Many of the P&#299r's disciples as well as two of his sons, Ashraf and Muhammad Sh&#257h, and his brother, Bh&#363re Sh&#257h, fell in the action. After the battle Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh offered rich presents to the P&#299r which the latter politely declined to accept. However he, as the tradition goes, begged the Gur&#363 to bestow upon him the comb from his hair and the turban he was going to tie. The Gur&#363 gave him the two articles and a small <i>kirp&#257n</i> or sword which the P&#299r and his descendants kept in the family as sacred heirlooms until Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Bharp&#363r Si&#7749gh of N&#257bh&#257 (1840-63) acquired them in exchange for a <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> or land grant. The relics are still preserved in the family's palace at N&#257bh&#257 (in the Punjab).</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The R&#257jp&#363t chiefs defeated at Bha&#7749g&#257&#7751&#299 remained hostile towards Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, and wished to evict him from Anandpur to where he had returned. To solicit help from the imperial government, they sent to the emperor reports describing the Gur&#363 as a dangerous rebel. Complaints also reached the authority against P&#299r Buddh&#363 Sh&#257h who had rendered assistance to the Gur&#363. The <i>faujd&#257r</i> of Sirhind, under whose jurisdiction the <i>parganah</i> of Sa&#7693haur&#257 then fell, directed a local official, 'Usm&#257n <u>Kh</u>&#257n, to chastise the P&#299r. The latter marched on Sa&#7693haur&#257, arrested Buddh&#363 Sh&#257h and had him executed on 21 March 1704. Band&#257 Si&#7749gh Bah&#257dur avenged the P&#299r's execution in 1709 by storming Sa&#7693haur&#257 and killing 'Usm&#257n <u>Kh</u>&#257n. P&#299r Buddh&#363 Sh&#257h's descendants migrated to Pakistan in 1947. Their ancestral house in S&#257&#7693haur&#257 has since been converted into a Gurdw&#257r&#257 named after P&#299r Buddh&#363 Sh&#257h.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, V. S. , and Gurcharan Singh, <i>Pir Buddhu Shah</i>. Chandigarh, 1971<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Gobind Singh</i>. Chandigarh, 1966<BR> <li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR> <li class="C1"> Khushwant Singh, <i>A History of the Sikhs</i>, vol. I, Princeton, 1963<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurcharan Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>