ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>M&#362L&#256 BH&#256&#298 4</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="MjL,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&#362L&#256, BH&#256&#298, known as M&#363l&#257 Kap&#257h&#299 (<i>kap&#257h</i>, in Punjabi meaning cotton) owing to his being in the cotton trade, was a resident of Sult&#257npur Lodh&#299, now in Kap&#363rthal&#257 district of the Punjab. He embraced Sikh faith at the hands of Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s, and lived up to the time of Gur&#363 Arjan, whom he once visited in company with the Sult&#257npur <i>sa&#7749gat</i>. Bh&#257&#299 Gurd&#257s describes him, in one of his <i>V&#257r&#257&#7749</i> (XI.21), as a devotee of the Gur&#363's word.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Man&#299 Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i> Sikh&#257&#7749 d&#299 Bhagat M&#257l&#257 </i>. Amritsar, 1955<BR> <li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i> Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth </i>. Amritsar, 1927-35<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">T&#257ran Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>