ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>S&#256HIB SI&#7748GH BH&#256&#298 (1665-1705)</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="SHIB,SIDGH,BH*,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">&#65279S&#256HIB SI&#7748GH, BH&#256&#298 (1665-1705), one of the Pañj Pi&#257re or the Five Beloved of revered memory in the Sikh tradition, was born the son of Bh&#257&#299 Guru N&#257r&#257ya&#7751a, a barber of Bidar in Karn&#257&#7789aka, and his wife A&#7749kamm&#257. Bidar had been visited by Gur&#363 N&#257nak early in the sixteenth century and a Sikh shrine had been established there in his honour. S&#257hib Chand, as S&#257hib Si&#7749gh was called before he underwent the rites of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257, travelled to Anandpur at the young age of 16, and attached himself permanently to Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. He won a name for himself as marksman and in one of the battles at Anandpur he shot dead the Gujjar chief Jam&#257tull&#257. In another action the r&#257j&#257 of Hi&#7751&#7693&#363r, Bh&#363p Chand, was seriously wounded by a shot from his musket following which the entire hill army fled the field. S&#257hib Chand was one of the five Sikhs who, on the Bais&#257kh&#299 day of 30 March 1699, offered, upon Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh's call, to lay down their heads. They were greeted by the Gur&#363 as the five beloved of him. These five formed the nucleus of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257, the Gur&#363's own, inaugurated dramatically on that day. S&#257hib Chand, after undergoing the rites of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257, became S&#257hib Si&#7749gh, receiving the surname of Si&#7749gh common to all members of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 brotherhood.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bh&#257&#299 S&#257hib Si&#7749gh fell in the battle of Chamkaur on 7 December 1705.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Kuir Si&#7749gh, <i>Gubilas P&#257tsh&#257h&#299 10</i>. Patiala, 1968<BR> <li class="C1"> Chhibbar, Kesar Si&#7749gh, <i>Ba&#7749s&#257val&#299n&#257m&#257 Das&#257&#7749 P&#257tsh&#257h&#299&#257&#7749 K&#257</i>.Chandigarh,1972<BR> <li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Sr&#299 Guru Panth Prak&#257sh</i> [Reprint]. Patiala,1970<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Shamsher Si&#7749gh Ashok<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>