ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GURBAKHSH BH&#256&#298</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="GURBA"> <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">&#65279GURBA<u>KH</u>SH, BH&#256&#298, Gur&#363's <i>masand</i> or <i>sa&#7749gat</i> leader at Delhi, served Gur&#363 Har Krishan (1656-64) with devotion when the latter was in the city in March 1664 at the summons of Emperor Aura&#7749gz&#299b. The Gur&#363 had a sudden attack of smallpox and lay critically ill. Bh&#257&#299 Gurba<u>kh</u>sh, seeing the end near, gently begged him to nominate a successor. Gur&#363 Har Krishan could barely utter the words: "B&#257b&#257 Bak&#257le," referring to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, who lived at Bak&#257l&#257, as the future Gur&#363. According to Bh&#257&#299 Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>, Bh&#257&#299 Gurba<u>kh</u>sh later went to Bak&#257l&#257, made his obeisance to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur and gave him an account of Gur&#363 Har Krishan's last days in Delhi.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-33<BR> <li class="C1"> Satib&#299r Si&#7749gh, <i>Ash&#7789&#257m Balb&#299r&#257</i>. Jalandhar, 1982<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Bhagat Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>