ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GUL&#256B&#256</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="GULB"> <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">&#65279GUL&#256B&#256, a former <i>masand</i> or local <i>sa&#7749gat</i> leader who, after the abolition of the office by Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh in 1698-99, had settled at M&#257chh&#299v&#257&#7771&#257 in present-day Ludhi&#257&#7751&#257 district of the Punjab, faithfully served the Gur&#363 and his three companions coming out after the battle of Chamkaur (December 1705). Gul&#257b&#257, finding them in the forest outside M&#257chh&#299v&#257&#7771&#257, brought them to his house inside the village and put them up in his <i>chub&#257r&#257</i>, room on the first floor. He served them food and arranged their escape further abroad with the help of two Pa&#7789h&#257ns (<i>See</i> <u>GH</u>AN&#298 <u>KH</u>&#256N). The site of Gul&#257ba's house is now marked by Gurdw&#257r&#257 Chub&#257r&#257 S&#257hib at M&#257chh&#299v&#257&#7771&#257.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Kuir Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10</i>. Patiala, 1968<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Gobind Singh</i>. Chandigarh, 1966<BR> <li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion</i>, Oxford, 1909.<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh Padam<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>