ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>QUTB UD-D&#298N</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="QUTB,D*N"> <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">&#65279QUTB UD-D&#298N, a Muslim priest. According to <i>Bh&#257&#299 Man&#299 Si&#7749gh Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>, he kept a <i>maktab</i> or elementary Muslim school in the village of Talva&#7751&#7693&#299 R&#257i Bhoe, the birthplace of Gur&#363 N&#257nak. As a young boy Gur&#363 N&#257nak was sent to his school to learn Persian and Arabic. He gained proficiency in both in a short time and astonished the teacher by his native endowment. As <i>Miharb&#257n Janam S&#257kh&#299</i> records: "The <i>Maulaw&#299</i> would often say, &#8216Praise be to the Lord of the worlds! Such easy facility with the Persian language... he grasps instantly what he hears once..."While at school Gur&#363 N&#257nak, says <i>Man&#299 Si&#7749gh Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>, composed a spiritually inspired acrostic employing the Persian characters from <i>Alif</i> on. The text, available in apocryphal fragments, does not occur in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> 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"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i>N&#257nak Prak&#257sh </i>. Amritsar, 1961<BR> <li class="C1"> Kirp&#257l Si&#7749gh, <i>Janam S&#257kh&#299 Parampar&#257</i>. Patiala, 1970<BR> <li class="C1"> Gian Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 </i>. Patiala,1970<BR> <li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion </i>. Oxford, 1909<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurnek Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>