ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GUR&#362 K&#298&#256&#7748 S&#256KH&#298&#256&#7748</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 K&#298&#256&#7748 S&#256KH&#298&#256&#7748</i> containing stories from the lives of the Gur&#363s, was written by Bha&#7789&#7789 Sar&#363p Si&#7749gh Kaushish, of Bh&#257dso&#7749, in <i>Parganah</i> Th&#257nesar. As recorded by the author, the manuscript was completed in 1847 Bk/AD 1790 at Bh&#257dso&#7749 itself. The original manuscript was written in Bha&#7789&#7789&#257chchhar&#299, a script used by the Bha&#7789&#7789s or family bards for recording genealogical details concerning their clients. It was later transliterated into Gurmukh&#299 script by Bha&#7789&#7789 Chhajj&#363 Si&#7749gh Kaushish in 1925 Bk/AD 1869. The work has since been published (1986) in book form. The manuscript contains a total of 112 <i>s&#257kh&#299s</i> connected with the lives of five of the Gur&#363s -- Gur&#363 Hargobind to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. Four of these <i>s&#257kh&#299s</i> relate to Gur&#363 Hargobind, nine to Gur&#363 Har R&#257i, four to Gur&#363 Har Krishan, 16 to Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur and 79 to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The first Gur&#363 to have Bha&#7789&#7789s in attendance was Gur&#363 Arjan. A few of them became devout Sikhs. They wrote hymns in praise of Gur&#363 Arjan and his predecessors which are preserved in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib. They and their descendants took part in Gur&#363 Hargobind's battles against the Mu<u>gh</u>al forces. They put down in their <i>vah&#299s</i>, genealogical records, some of the events connected with the lives of the Gur&#363s. The entries in the <i>Bha&#7789&#7789 Vah&#299s</i> are thus historically very important.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The <i>Gur&#363 ki&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i> is based upon these Bha&#7789&#7789 entries. But the description of historical events in the <i>Gur&#363 ki&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i> is different in style from accounts in the <i>Vah&#299s</i>. Entries in the latter mainly confine themselves to giving details with regard to the ancestry, <i>gotra</i>, clan, etc., of the persons concerned and mentioning the year, month, <i>tith&#299</i> (dark or moonlit part of the lunar month), day and sometimes even the exact time of a particular happening. The description of the episode itself is sketchy and brief. <i>The Gur&#363 k&#299&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i> is, on the contrary, narrative in character.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The <i>Gur&#363 ki&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i>, discovered recently by Gi&#257n&#299 Garj&#257 Si&#7749gh, brings to light some new facts, especially in relation to the lives of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur and Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. Likewise, it provides crucial evidence on certain historical points. Of special significance is the <i>S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i> version of Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib having been apothesized as Gur&#363 by Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh before he passed away. The manuscript also records the fact of Band&#257 Si&#7749gh receiving the rites of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 at the hands of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. In any case, the manuscript is increasingly attracting the notice of modern historians.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The language of the <i>Gur&#363 ki&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i> is a mixture of Punjabi and Hindi with frequent use of the Bha&#7789&#7789 patois. At a couple of places we find English words. This is plainly anachronistic explained by some as errors on the part of copyists.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, and Gi&#257n&#299 Garj&#257 Si&#7749gh, eds., <i>Gur&#363 k&#299&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i>. Patiala, 1986<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gi&#257n&#299 Garj&#257 Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>