ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GURMUKH SI&#7748GH LAMM&#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="GURMUKH,SIDGH,LAMM"> <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">&#65279GURMUKH SI&#7748GH LAMM&#256, a commander in Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's army, born in 1772, was of humble origin, his father, Pardh&#257n Si&#7749gh, being a money-changer in the small town of Kh&#299v&#257, situated on the right bank of the River Jehlum. Lamm&#257 in Punjabi means tall, but the cognomen Lamm&#257 was not conferred on Gurmukh Si&#7749gh on account of his height, for he was of middle stature, but from his taking command of the contingent of Mohar Si&#7749gh Lamm&#257 who was exceptionally tall. In the summer of 1780, as Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh Sukkarchakk&#299&#257 was passing through the town on his return from an expedition in the neighbourhood of Pi&#7751&#7693 D&#257dan <u>Kh</u>&#257n, Gurmukh Si&#7749gh, then a boy of eight years, joined his camp. He was the childhood companion of his son, Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. During the early years of Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's power, wealth and honours were showered on Gurmukh Si&#7749gh liberally. He was with Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh at the capture of Lahore in July 1799, and was then made paymaster of the forces and put in charge of the treasury. Gurmukh Si&#7749gh fought in most of the campaigns undertaken by the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257. He fought at Kas&#363r where he commanded 2, 000 troops, at Jha&#7749g and Si&#257lko&#7789, and against the Gurkh&#257s in 1809. The next year he took part in the siege of Mult&#257n, and in attacks on S&#257h&#299v&#257l and <u>Kh</u>ush&#257b. He commanded a division in the battle of Attock in 1813 and fought in Kashm&#299r. Fifteen times he was wounded in battle: eight times by musket-balls, thrice by sword-cuts, thrice by spear thrusts, and once by an arrow. For his services Gurmukh Si&#7749gh was munificently rewarded by his master. Before the capture of Lahore, he received in <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> Pi&#7751&#7693&#299 L&#257l&#257 and Shah&#299d&#257&#7749v&#257l&#257 and afterwards &#7692i&#7749g&#257 and Ratto. After the conquest of K&#257sur in 1807, he received <i>j&#257g&#299rs</i> in the Kas&#363r area. When Nar Si&#7749gh Chami&#257r&#299v&#257l&#257 died in 1806, his troops were placed under Gurmukh Si&#7749gh, and a large portion of his estates also. At one time Gurmukh Si&#7749gh's estates amounted to three and a half lakh of rupees, but the envy of the &#7692ogr&#257s, Gul&#257b Si&#7749gh and Dhi&#257n Si&#7749gh, destroyed both his power and wealth.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In August 1847, Gurmukh Si&#7749gh was appointed along with B&#363&#7771 Si&#7749gh of Mukeri&#257&#7749 to take charge of Mah&#257r&#257&#7751&#299 Jind Kaur, confined at Shei<u>kh</u>&#363pur&#257. His son Atar Si&#7749gh (d. 1880) held <i>j&#257g&#299rs</i> at Naushehr&#257 in Sh&#257hpur and Pi&#7751&#7693&#299 L&#257l&#257, Chakk Bas&#257v&#257, Doburj&#299 and Qil&#257 Atar Si&#7749gh in Gujr&#257t.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel, and C.F. Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore, 1909<BR> <li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, <i>'Umd&#257t-ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>, Lahore, 1885-89<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>