ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>M&#256N SI&#7748GH BH&#256&#298 (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="MN,SIDGH,BH*"> <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">&#65279M&#256N SI&#7748GH, BH&#256&#298 (d. 1708), a warrior in Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's retinue, was, according to Sev&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i> Shah&#299d Bil&#257s Bh&#257&#299 Man&#299 Si&#7749gh </i>, the son of M&#257&#299 D&#257s of 'Al&#299pur in Muzaffarga&#7771h district (now in Pakistan) and a brother of Bh&#257&#299 Man&#299 R&#257m whose five sons were among the first few to be initiated at the time of the inauguration of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 on 30 March 1699. M&#257n Si&#7749gh took part in the battles of Anandpur both as an ensign and a fighting soldier. He also fought at Chamkaur and was one of the three Sikhs who survived that critically unequal battle and came out with Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh unscathed. M&#257n Si&#7749gh constantly attended upon the Gur&#363 thereafter until his death in a chance skirmish with Mu<u>gh</u>al troops near Chitto&#7771 during the Gur&#363's march to the Deccan along with Emperor Bah&#257dur Sh&#257h. A minor dispute between the foraging parties of the two camps had developed into a fierce encounter. Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh sent M&#257n Si&#7749gh to the scene to intervene and settle the issue, but a chance bullet hit him and proved fatal. The exact place and date of the incident are not known. While Gi&#257n&#299 Garj&#257 Si&#7749gh, editor of <i>Shah&#299d Bil&#257s</i> quoting Bha&#7789&#7789 Vah&#299s, places the event in Chitto&#7771 in R&#257jasth&#257n (3 April 1708), Kav&#299 Sain&#257pati, a contemporary of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, in his <i>Sr&#299 Gur Sobh&#257</i> records that the skirmish took place near the River Narbad&#257 (Narmad&#257), which was crossed a few weeks after the date mentioned in the former work. The Niha&#7749g Sikhs trace the origin of their order from Bh&#257&#299 M&#257n Si&#7749gh.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Sukh&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Gurbil&#257s P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 Dasv&#299&#7749</i>. Lahore, 1912<BR> <li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-35<BR> <li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 1970<BR> <li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<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>