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<p class="C1">&#65279MAT&#298 D&#256S, BH&#256&#298 (d. 1675), the martyr, was the son of Bh&#257&#299 H&#299r&#257 Mal, also called H&#299r&#257nand, a Chhibbar Br&#257hma&#7749 of Ka&#7771i&#257l&#257, now in Pakistan. His grandfather, Bh&#257&#299 Par&#257g&#257 , had embraced the Sikh faith in the time of Gur&#363 Hargobind and had taken part in battles with the Mu<u>gh</u>al forces. His uncle Darg&#257h Mall served Gur&#363 Har R&#257i and Gur&#363 Har Krishan as D&#299w&#257n or manager of the household. Mat&#299 D&#257s and his brother, Sat&#299 D&#257s, assisted Darg&#257h Mall in his work during Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur's time. The former was himself appointed D&#299w&#257n along with Darg&#257h Mall who was by then considerably advanced in years. D&#299w&#257n Mat&#299 D&#257s accompanied Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur during his travels in the eastern parts in 1665-70. He was among those who were seized, along with Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur at Dhamt&#257n in 1665 and then released from Delhi at the intervention of Ka&#7749var R&#257m Si&#7749gh, of &#256mber. In 1675, when the Gur&#363 set out from Anandpur for Delhi, Mat&#299 D&#257s accompanied him. He was arrested with him under imperial orders and taken to Delhi. Upon his refusal to forswear his faith, he was tortured to death. He was, on 11 November 1675, sawn into two, from head downwards.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Bhall&#257, Sar&#363p D&#257s, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>. Patiala, 1971<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Panth Prak&#257sh</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR>
<li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-35<BR>
<li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion</i>. Oxford, 1909<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, 1989<BR>
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