ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>JAMSHAID KH&#256N (d. 1708)</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="JAMSHAID"> <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">&#65279JAMSHAID <u>KH</u>&#256N (d. 1708), Ruh&#299l&#257 Af<u>gh</u>&#257n, was hired by Naw&#257b Waz&#299r <u>Kh</u>&#257n, <i>faujd&#257r</i> of Sirhind, to assassinate Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, whose friendly relations with Emperor Bah&#257dur Sh&#257h I were perceived by the <i>faujd&#257r</i> as a danger to his own position. Jamshaid <u>Kh</u>&#257n with another accomplice caught up with the Gur&#363 at N&#257nde&#7693, in the South. Jamshaid <u>Kh</u>&#257n started attending morning and evening services and one day during the first week of October 1708, as the Gur&#363 lay in his chamber resting after the evening prayer, he fell upon him and stabbed him on the left side near the heart. But before he could repeat the blow, the Gur&#363 struck him down with his sabre. His companion fell under the swords of the Sikhs. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh survived the attack. However after a few days, as he stretched a powerful bow, the wound opened up again and he bled profusely. He passed away on 7 October 1708.</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"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Gobind Singh</i>, Chandigarh, 1966<BR> </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>