ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>D&#256S&#362 B&#256B&#256 (b. 1524)</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="DSj,BB"> <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">&#65279D&#256S&#362, B&#256B&#256 (b. 1524), eldest son of Gur&#363 A&#7749gad and M&#257t&#257 Kh&#299v&#299, was born on 9 Bh&#257do&#7749 1581 Bk / 7 August 1524 at Kha&#7693&#363r S&#257hib in present-day Amritsar district of the Punjab. He was ambitious to succeed his father in the spiritual line, but the latter, as records Kesar Si&#7749gh Chhibbar, <i>Ba&#7749s&#257val&#299n&#257m&#257</i>, spoke : "He [Amar D&#257s] is my brother and to him I am entrusting the responsibility. . . . Him I have reckoned as capable of bearing the burden. " D&#257s&#363 kept quiet at the time, but, after the passing away of Gur&#363 A&#7749gad, as his duly anointed successor, Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s shifted to Goindv&#257l, he proclaimed himself Gur&#363 at Kha&#7693&#363r even against the remonstrances of his mother. Later he recanted and apologized to his mother who took him to Goindv&#257l. He made obeisance to Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s whose true disciple he remained thereafter.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR> <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"> Chhibb&#257r, 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"> V&#299r Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Asha&#7789gur Chamatk&#257r</i>. Amritsar, 1971<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Major Gurmukh Si&#7749gh (Retd.)<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>