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<p class="C1">&#65279HARIJ&#298, SO&#7692H&#298 (d. 1696), a great-grand-son of Gur&#363 R&#257m D&#257s (1534-81) and head of the schismatic M&#299&#7751&#257 sect from 1640 to 1696, was the second son of B&#257b&#257 Manohar D&#257s, better known as So&#7693h&#299 Miharb&#257n (1581-1640), the author of <i>Sachkha&#7751&#7693 Poth&#299</i>, a <i>janam s&#257kh&#299</i> or life-story of Gur&#363 N&#257nak. The exact date of Harij&#299's birth is not known, but indirect evidence available would place it in the second decade of the seventeenth century. After Gur&#363 Hargobind left Amritsar in 1635 and took up abode at K&#299ratpur in the &#346iv&#257liks, the control of the sacred shrines in the town fell into the hands of this line of the family with Harij&#299 retaining charge of them for several decades. As Sikh chronicles record, it was <i>masands</i> appointed by Harij&#299 who had Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur's entry barred into the Harimandar, the sanctum sanctorum, at the time of his visit to Amritsar in 1664.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Harij&#299, like his father So&#7693h&#299 Miharb&#257n, was a prolific writer. His known works are : <i>Sukhman&#299 Saha&#7749sarn&#257m&#257 (Param&#257rath) </i>, a commentary in prose on <i>Sukhman&#299 Saha&#7749sarn&#257m&#257</i>, a poetic composition by his father; <i>Gosh&#7789&#299&#257&#7749 Miharv&#257n J&#299 Ki&#257&#7749</i>, a biography of his father written in the style of a <i>janam sakh&#299</i> and <i>Poth&#299 Har&#299j&#299</i> containing anecdotes relating to Gur&#363 N&#257nak which later formed the middle part of what is known as <i>Miharb&#257nv&#257l&#299 Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>, the other two parts being <i>Sachkha&#7751&#7693 Poth&#299</i> by So&#7693h&#299 Miharb&#257n and <i>Chaturbhuj Poth&#299</i> ascribed to So&#7693h&#299 Chaturbhuj, younger brother of Harij&#299. These three parts were published in two volumes by <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 College, Amritsar, in 1963. The <i>Poth&#299 Harij&#299</i> portion comprising 62 <i>gosh&#7789&#299s</i> or discourses is contained in volume II. Another work ascribed to Harij&#299 is <i>Shabad Salok So&#7693h&#299 Harij&#299 Ke</i> (<i>Dhi&#257u Biha&#7749gam K&#257</i>), a manuscript of which is in the Dr Ga&#7751&#7693&#257 Si&#7749gh collection at Punjabi University Library, Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;According to Sev&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Shah&#299d Bil&#257s Bh&#257&#299 Man&#299 Si&#7749gh</i>. So&#7693h&#299 Harij&#299 died on 17 April 1696. Two years later, on a request from the <i>sa&#7749gat</i> of Amritsar, Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh assumed control of the Harimandar and other local shrines and appointed Bh&#257&#299 Man&#299 Si&#7749gh to manage them.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Kirp&#257l Si&#7749gh, <i>Janam S&#257kh&#299 Prampar&#257</i>. Patiala, 1969<BR>
<li class="C1"> Sev&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Shah&#299d Bil&#257s (Bh&#257&#299 Man&#299 Si&#7749gh) </i> . Ed. Gi&#257n&#299 Garj&#257 Si&#7749gh. Ludhiana, 1961<BR>
<li class="C1"> Ahluw&#257l&#299&#257, Gurmohan Si&#7749gh, <i>So&#7693h&#299 Hari j&#299 : J&#299van te Rachn&#257.. </i> Patiala, 1985<BR>
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