ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>DAULAT KH&#256N LODH&#298 NAW&#256B</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="DAULAT"> <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">&#65279DAULAT <u>KH</u>&#256N LODH&#298, NAW&#256B, an Af<u>gh</u>&#257n noble, was, during the last quarter of the fifteenth century, governor of Jalandhar Do&#257b with Sult&#257npur, a town in present-day Kap&#363rthal&#257 district, as his capital. One of his officials, Jai R&#257m, was married to Gur&#363 N&#257nak's sister, N&#257nak&#299. Jai R&#257m secured young N&#257nak employment as keeper of the Naw&#257b's granaries and stores at Sult&#257npur. N&#257nak applied himself to his duties diligently, and impressed everyone with his gentleness and open-handed generosity. Yet there were some who felt jealous of his growing repute. Complaints were carried to the Naw&#257b that N&#257nak was squandering his stocks; but checks made on two different occasions found the stores full and accounts correct. Some time later accusations were laid before the Naw&#257b about what was described as an heretical pronouncement made by Gur&#363 N&#257nak. The reference was to the Gur&#363's pronouncement : "There is no Hindu and there is no Musalm&#257n. " The Naw&#257b dismissed the complaint saying that N&#257nak was a faq&#299r whose words they did not easily understand. On the insistence of the Q&#257z&#299, Gur&#363 N&#257nak was summoned to the court. As reports <i>Pur&#257tan Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>, the Naw&#257b finally said, "Q&#257z&#299, N&#257nak hath arrived at the truth. Any further questioning will be futile. " Likewise, Daulat <u>Kh</u>&#257n refused to intervene when Gur&#363 N&#257nak's father-in-law, M&#363l Chand, petitioned him to stop his son-in-law from leaving his home and family and launching upon his journeys abroad.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Naw&#257b Daulat <u>Kh</u>&#257n later became the governor of the entire Punjab with Lahore as his capital. He however fell out with Ibr&#257h&#299m Lodh&#299, the emperor of Delhi, and, conspiring with the latter's uncle, '&#256lam <u>Kh</u>&#257n, invited Babar, the ruler of Afghanistan, to attack India. As B&#257bar led his armies into the country, Daulat <u>Kh</u>&#257n realized that he had come more like a conqueror and new master than like an ally, and turned against him, but he was no match for B&#257bar and suffered a defeat at his hands. B&#257bar stayed to establish his rule in India, whereas Daulat <u>Kh</u>&#257n died in obscurity.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> V&#299r Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, ed. , <i>Pur&#257tan Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1982<BR> <li class="C1"> McLeod, W. H. , <i>Early Sikh Tradition</i>. Oxford, 1980<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Nanak and Origins of the Sikh Faith</i>. Bombay, 1969<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>