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<p class="C1">&#65279K&#256BUL V&#256L&#298 M&#256&#298, or the Lady from K&#257bul, is the name chroniclers have given to a woman who rendered devoted service during the digging of the <i>b&#257ol&#299</i> at Goindv&#257l under the supervision of Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s. Day after day, says Sar&#363p D&#257s Bhall&#257, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>, she toiled away at the site, without anyone knowing who she was, and where she had come from. One day Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s told the Sikhs that the lady was from K&#257bul and that she had by her love of the Almighty and duty towards her husband attained spiritual insight.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	An old manuscript, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Amar Dev</i>, and an inscription in Gurdw&#257r&#257 Havel&#299 S&#257hib at Goindv&#257l mention a lady being in charge of the <i>mañj&#299</i> or Sikh centre at K&#257bul, though they name her differently --- the former calling her B&#299b&#299 Bh&#257go and the latter M&#257&#299 Sev&#257&#7749. It is likely that the K&#257bul V&#257l&#299 M&#257&#299 was that lady, later appointed by Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s a preacher in her own country.</p>
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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"> Bhall&#257, Sar&#363p D&#257s, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>. Patiala, 1971<BR>
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