ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>CH&#256R S&#256HIBZ&#256DE </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="CHR,SHIBZDE"> <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">&#65279CH&#256R S&#256HIBZ&#256DE, (<i>Ch&#257r</i>=four + <i>s&#257hibz&#257de</i> = scions, young men of genteel birth) is a term endearingly used for the four sons of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, N&#257nak X, all of whom died as martyrs while still very young. Their names are reverently preserved in Sikh memory and are recalled every time Sikh <i>ard&#257s</i> or prayer of supplication is recited at a congregation or privately by an individual.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>See</i> AJ&#298T SI&#7748GH, S&#256HIBZ&#256D&#256; FATEH SI&#7748GH, S&#256HIBZ&#256D&#256; JUJH&#256R SI&#7748GH, S&#256HIBZ&#256D&#256; and ZOR&#256WAR SI&#7748GH, S&#256HIBZ&#256D&#256</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Ch&#257r S&#257hibz&#257de</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>