ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>&#7692ALL&#256 BH&#256&#298 (later &#7692all Si&#7749gh)</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=" ALL,BH*"> <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">&#65279&#7692ALL&#256, BH&#256&#298 (later &#7692all Si&#7749gh), a Siddh&#363 Ja&#7789&#7789 and <i>chaudhar&#299</i> or landlord of Talva&#7751&#7693&#299 S&#257bo, enthusiastically received Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh when he arrived there with his entourage early in 1706, and attended diligently to the needs and comforts of the daily-growing <i>sa&#7749gat</i>. According to Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, &#7692all&#257 maintained a private army of several hundred warriors of whom he was very proud. He more than once commiserated with Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh on the events that had overtaken him, boastfully adding that had the Gur&#363 called him for help he would have joined him with his bold warriors and that he (the Gur&#363) would have been saved much of the travail. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh every time dismissed the topic saying, "God's will must prevail. It is useless to brood over the past. " Once as &#7692all&#257 was repeating his boast, two artisans of Lahore came and presented the Gur&#363 with two costly muzzle-loading guns. The Gur&#363 asked Bh&#257&#299 &#7692all&#257 to provide a couple of his men as targets for him to test the range and striking power of the weapons. The strange demand stunned &#7692all&#257 and put his men out of their wits, and none of them came forward. The Gur&#363 thereupon invited two Ra&#7749ghre&#7789a Sikhs, father and son, who happened to be busy tying their turbans near by. They both came running, turbans in hand, each trying to be in front of the other in order to be the first to face the bullet. Bh&#257&#299 &#7692all&#257, astonished at the Sikhs' spirit of sacrifice, was ashamed and learnt to be humble. He took the initiation of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257, receiving the name of &#7692all Si&#7749gh. A small domed shrine within the precincts of Ta<u>kh</u>t Damdam&#257 S&#257hib at Talva&#7751&#7693&#299 S&#257bo honours &#7692all Si&#7749gh's memory to this day. A sword and shield and a few other articles claimed to have been bestowed upon him by Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh are preserved in the descendant family as sacred relics.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> 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"> 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> <li class="C1"> Sukh&#257 Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Gurbil&#257s D&#257svi&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i>. Lahore, 1912<BR> <li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<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>