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<p class="C1">&#65279KIRP&#256 R&#256M, PA&#7750&#7692IT or Krip&#257 R&#257m (d. 1705), was the son of Bh&#257&#299 A&#7771&#363 R&#257m, a S&#257rasvat Br&#257hma&#7751 of Ma&#7789an, 65 km east of Sr&#299nagar, in Kashm&#299r. A&#7771&#363 R&#257m had met Gur&#363 Har R&#257i and sought his blessing at the time of the latter's visit to Kashm&#299r in 1660. In May 1675, Kirp&#257 R&#257m led to Anandpur a group of Kashm&#299r&#299 Pa&#7751&#7693its driven to dire straits by State persecution. Iftikh&#257r <u>Kh</u>&#257n, governor of Kashm&#299r (1671-75), was a harsh man and was making forcible conversions to Islam. Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur whose help the visitors sought asked them to go and have it communicated to the Emperor that, if he (Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur) was converted, they would all voluntarily accept conversion. Kirp&#257 R&#257m and his companions sent to Emperor Aura&#7749gz&#299b a petition to that effect through Z&#257lim <u>Kh</u>&#257n, governor of Lahore. Then followed the imperial summons, and Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur's arrest and his martyrdom in Delhi. Kirp&#257 R&#257m returned to Anandpur. According to some chronicles, he helped Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh in his Sanskrit studies. In 1699, he received the holy <i>amrit</i> and entered the fold of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257. He fell a martyr in the battle of Chamkaur on 7 December 1705.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Kuir Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10</i>. Patiala, 1968<BR>
<li class="C1"> Trilochan Singh, <i>Guru Tegh Bahadur : Prophet and Martyr</i>. Delhi, 1967<BR>
<li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Tegh Bahadur</i>. Delhi, 1986<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">A. C. Banerjee<br></p><BR>
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