ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>DARG&#256H MALL D&#298W&#256N (d. 1695)</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="DARGH,MALL,D*WN"> <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">&#65279DARG&#256H MALL, D&#298W&#256N (d. 1695), son of Dv&#257rk&#257 D&#257s Chhibbar, was, according to <i>Sh&#257h&#299d Bil&#257s Bh&#257&#299 Man&#299 Si&#7749gh</i>, and <i>Gur&#363 k&#299&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i>, a <i>d&#299w&#257n</i> or minister in the time of Gur&#363 Hargobind and his successors and managed, as such, their households. He was the great grandfather of Kesar Si&#7749gh Chhibbar, the author of <i>Ba&#7749s&#257val&#299n&#257m&#257</i>. He was in attendance upon Gur&#363 Har R&#257i when summons arrived from Aura&#7749gz&#299b asking the Gur&#363 to meet him in Delhi. The Gur&#363 sent instead his son, R&#257m R&#257i, to call on the emperor. D&#299w&#257n Darg&#257h Mall was deputed to escort him to the imperial capital. It was D&#299w&#257n Darg&#257h Mall who wrote to Gur&#363 Har R&#257i from Delhi informing him about B&#257b&#257 R&#257m R&#257i's arbitrary distortion, in Aura&#7749gz&#299b's court, of one of Gur&#363 N&#257nak's hymns in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib. He was also in the train of Gur&#363 Har R&#257i's successor, Gur&#363 Har Krishan, who too had been summoned to Delhi by the emperor. After the sudden death of Gur&#363 Har Krishan, D&#299w&#257n Darg&#257h Mall travelled with M&#257t&#257 Sulakkha&#7751&#299, the mother of the late Gur&#363, to Bak&#257l&#257 carrying the emblems of succession for the investiture of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As says <i>Ba&#7749s&#257val&#299n&#257m&#257</i>, Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur bestowed on Darg&#257h Mall a robe of honour and asked him to continue as <i>d&#299w&#257n</i>, but the latter excused himself on the grounds of old age, and recommended to him his nephew, Mat&#299 D&#257s, for the position. He, however, did not leave the Gur&#363's presence. According to <i>Gur&#363 k&#299&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i>, Darg&#257h Mall was among those who accompanied the Gur&#363 on his journey through the eastern parts in 1665-70. He was present at the accession ceremony for Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh on the eve of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur's departure, in 1675, from Anandpur to make the supreme sacrifice. D&#299w&#257n Mat&#299 D&#257s and his brother Bh&#257&#299 Sat&#299 D&#257s, also accompanied Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur to Delhi and embraced martyrdom on 11 November 1675. The duties of the <i>d&#299w&#257n</i> of the holy household thus fell once again on the shoulders of Darg&#257h Mall. On the next Bais&#257kh&#299 day, 29 March 1676, however, he was finally relieved and his son, Dharam Chand, was appointed <i>d&#299w&#257n</i> in his place.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Darg&#257h Mall continued to stay at Anandpur where he died on 10 February 1695.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Chibbar, Kesar Si&#7749gh, <i>Ba&#7749s&#257val&#299n&#257m&#257 Das&#257&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299&#257&#7749 K&#257. </i>Chandigarh, 1972<BR> <li class="C1"> Garj&#257 Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, ed. , <i>Shah&#299d Bil&#257s</i>. Ludhiana, 1961<BR> <li class="C1"> Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Singh, and Gi&#257n&#299 Garj&#257 Si&#7749gh, eds. , <i>Gur&#363 k&#299&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i>. Patiala, 1986<BR> <li class="C1"> Trilochan Singh, <i>Guru Tegh Bahadur : Prophet and Martyr</i>. Delhi, 196'7<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Tegh Bahadur</i>. Delhi, 1982<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">A. C. Banerjee<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>