ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>JODH SI&#7748GH WAZ&#298R&#256B&#256D&#298&#256 (d. 1809)</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="JODH,SIDGH,WAZ*RBD*"> <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">&#65279JODH SI&#7748GH WAZ&#298R&#256B&#256D&#298&#256 (d. 1809), son of Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh, was a powerful eighteenthcentury Sikh chief. He possessed the <i>parganahs</i> of Waz&#299r&#257b&#257d, Ka&#7771i&#257l, M&#299tr&#257&#7749v&#257l&#299 and Talva&#7751&#7693&#299 M&#363s&#257 <u>Kh</u>&#257n, comprising about 500 villages. Jodh Si&#7749gh and Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's father, Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh, were great friends, and both often joined hands together to fight against S&#257hib Si&#7749gh Bha&#7749g&#299 of Gujr&#257t. At the siege of Sodhr&#257 in 1792, Jodh Si&#7749gh is said to have betrayed Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh. S&#257hib Si&#7749gh, who was besieged in the fort, was short of powder, and his surrender was certain. But Jodh Si&#7749gh, who feared that Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh would become too powerful were S&#257hib Si&#7749gh to give in, supplied the latter with ammunition. Mah&#257&#7749 Si&#7749gh had been dangerously ill throughout the siege, and this treachery hastened his end. The action of Jodh Si&#7749gh is said to have been the cause of Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh's hostility towards him. But when Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh found that the Waz&#299r&#257b&#257d chief was too strong for him, he endeavoured to gain by stratagem what he was unable to take by force. He invited Jodh Si&#7749gh to Lahore, but the latter brought with him a large force. This Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh desired him to send back which he, too proud to show fear, did, and arrived at Lahore with only 200 picked men. Next day he attended court, leaving his escort outside. He was received by Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh with the greatest courtesy. Suddenly however the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 arose from his seat and made a sign to his attendants to seize the <i>sard&#257r</i>. Jodh Si&#7749gh drew his sword and dared them to attack him, for, as he declared, he did not know how to flee. Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh loved a brave man. He became Jodh Si&#7749gh's admirer and dismissed him with honour and rich gifts.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jodh Si&#7749gh died in 1809.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, <i>Umd&#257t-ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>, Lahore, 1885-89<BR> <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"> Bhagat Singh, <i>Maharaja Ranjit Singh and His Times</i>. Delhi, 1990<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>