ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GUR&#362 J&#298 KE SUTAN K&#298 KATH&#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 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">&#65279<i>GUR&#362 J&#298 KE SUTAN K&#298 KATH&#256</i>, lit. <i>kath&#257</i> or story of the <i>sutan</i> or sons of Gur&#363 (Gobind Si&#7749gh), by Bh&#257&#299 Dunn&#257 Si&#7749gh Ha&#7751&#7693&#363r&#299&#257, was preserved in manuscript form under MS. No. 6045 in the Sikh Reference Library at Amritsar until the Library perished in the army assault of 1984. The poem which, on the basis of internal evidence, was composed during 1760-65, comprised 122 <i>chhands</i>. The poet, Bh&#257&#299 Dunn&#257 Si&#7749gh, had been with Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's young sons and their grandmother since they crossed the River Sars&#257 after the evacuation of Anandpur in 1705. He accompanied, as says the poet, up to Chamkaur S&#257hib, where two Sikhs, Darb&#257r&#299 and Dh&#363m&#257, of the village of Sahe&#7771&#299 took custody of the family. He further states that the two sons of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh their grandmother, a maid and the poet himself stayed at Chamkaur S&#257hib in the house of a waterman, K&#299m&#257, a Br&#257hma&#7751 woman, Lachhm&#299, serving them food. In recognition of their services, the grandmother rewarded the Br&#257hma&#7751 lady with two gold <i>mohars</i> and five gold bangles and K&#299m&#257 with five hundred rupees. It was here that the grandmother and the princes were taken to Sahe&#7771&#299 and the poet and the maid got separated from the company. The S&#257hibz&#257d&#257s, according to the poet, were then taken to Sirhind where they were tortured and executed.</p> </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>