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<p class="C1">&#65279DAL SI&#7748G&#256R, lit. ornament or embellishment (<i>si&#7749g&#257r</i>) of the army (<i>dal</i>), was the name of one of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's war-horses. According to Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, one Kap&#363r&#257 Ja&#7789&#7789, "master of several villages in the jungle, " (the reference probably is to Chaudhar&#299 Kap&#363r&#257 Bair&#257&#7771 of Ko&#7789 Kap&#363r&#257, founder of the Far&#299dko&#7789 family), had purchased this horse for Rs 1, 100 and sent it to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh as a present. The Gur&#363 assigned it to his personal stables and named it Dal Si&#7749g&#257r.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><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"> K&#257hn Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Gurushabad Ratn&#257kar Mah&#257n Kosh</i>. [Reprint] Patiala, 1981<BR>
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