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<p class="C1">&#65279FATEH SH&#256H (d. 1716) was the ruler of the Himalayan state of Sr&#299nagar (Ga&#7771hv&#257l) from 1684 to 1716. He had strained relations with R&#257j&#257 Medin&#299 Prak&#257sh of Sirm&#363r. When Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh made P&#257o&#7751&#7789&#257 his headquarters in April 1685 at the invitation of the latter, he brought about reconciliation between Fateh Sh&#257h and the Sirm&#363r chief. According to Sikh chroniclers, Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh sent presents through his <i>d&#299w&#257n</i>, Nand Chand, to R&#257j&#257 Fateh Sh&#257h on the occasion of the marriage of his daughter to Ajmer Chand, son of R&#257j&#257 Bh&#299m Chand of Kahl&#363r. Bh&#299m Chand, who resented the cordiality which existed between Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh and Fateh Sh&#257h, urged the Sr&#299nagar ruler not to accept the presents sent by the Gur&#363. He also urged him to join hands with him in waging war upon the Gur&#363. Fateh Sh&#257h obliged him by joining the attacking host against the Gur&#363 in the battle of Bha&#7749g&#257&#7751&#299 fought on 18 September 1688, 10 km northeast of P&#257o&#7751&#7789&#257. For the Gur&#363 it was a mystery why he should have done so: in the <i>Bachitra N&#257&#7789ak</i> he said that R&#257j&#257 Fateh Sh&#257h "raged and fought with me purposelessly." R&#257j&#257 Fateh Sh&#257h's later years were occupied in contest with the rulers of Kum&#257o&#7749. He died in 1716.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Sukh&#257 Singh, <i>Gurbil&#257s Dasv&#299&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299</i>. Lahore, 1912<BR>
<li class="C1"> Hutchinson, J. and J. Ph. Vogel, <i>History of the Punjab Hill States</i>. Lahore, 1933<BR>
<li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Gobind Singh</i>. Chandigarh, 1986<BR>
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