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<p class="C1">&#65279DIL&#256WAR <u>KH</u>&#256N, a Mu<u>gh</u>al chief, who during the closing years of seventeenth century sent his son, referred to as Kh&#257nz&#257d&#257 in Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's <i>Bachitra N&#257&#7789ak</i>, as head of an imperial expedition to exact tribute from the Gur&#363. The young commander, marching with alacrity, reached the vicinity of Anandpur at midnight and intended to surprise the town. But the Gur&#363 was alerted by his chamberlain, &#256lam Chand, and the Sikhs, putting on their armour, rushed out to meet the invaders. The beating of the Ra&#7751j&#299t Nag&#257r&#257 and the war-cries of the Sikhs echoed widely in the stillness of the dark winter's night, giving an exaggerated estimate of their numbers. The Mu<u>gh</u>al force was completely unnerved at the suddenness of the Sikhs' movement and beat a hasty retreat without giving battle. The <u>Kh</u>&#257n fled deserting the field. Dil&#257war <u>Kh</u>&#257n fell into a rage on hearing of the disaster. He made attempts to retrieve the lost position by sending, first, his slave general Husain <u>Kh</u>&#257n and, then Jujh&#257r Si&#7749gh H&#257d&#257, a R&#257jput, against Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, but without success.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Sain&#257pati, Kavi, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Sobh&#257</i>. Patiala, 1967<BR>
<li class="C1"> Kuir Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10</i>. Patiala, 1968<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"> Macauliffe, . M. A. , <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR>
<li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Gobind Singh</i>. Chandigarh, 1966<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Bhagat Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR>
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