ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>PH&#362L SH&#256H (1574-1663)</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="PHjL,SHH,Person,Person"> <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">&#65279PH&#362L SH&#256H (1574-1663), Ud&#257s&#299 Sikh preacher, was born the son of Bh&#257&#299 Jai Dev and M&#257&#299 Subhadr&#257, Khatr&#299s of Sr&#299nagar (Kashm&#299r), on 14 February 1574. Under the influence of his elder brother, Bh&#257&#299 Goind, another well-known Ud&#257s&#299 Sikh and head of one of the four <i>dh&#363&#257&#7749s</i> or branches of the Ud&#257s&#299 sect, Ph&#363l Sh&#257h also embraced the Sikh faith at Amritsar on 20 March 1604. He donned the ochre robes of the Ud&#257s&#299s at K&#299ratpur on 21 January 1637 and was ordained head of a <i>dh&#363&#257&#7749</i> by B&#257b&#257 Gurditt&#257, the head of the sect, on 12 September the same year. He preached in the Punjab for sometime and then made an extensive tour of holy places throughout India. Returning to the Punjab on 17 January 1651, he settled down at Bah&#257durpur, now virtually part of Hoshi&#257rpur town, where he established an Ud&#257s&#299 centre. He died there on 17 May 1663. The followers of his <i>dh&#363&#257&#7749</i> later preached Sikhism in central India where they established an Ud&#257s&#299 centre at Chikhl&#299, now in Buld&#257n&#257 district of Mah&#257r&#257sh&#7789ra.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Piy&#363kh, Kart&#257r Si&#7749gh, <i>M&#257l&#257 de Mot&#299</i>. Lahore, 1926<BR> <li class="C1"> Ra&#7751dh&#299r Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>Ud&#257s&#299 Sikh&#257&#7749 d&#299 Vithi&#257</i>. Amritsar, 2016 Bk<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>