ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>S&#256HIB SI&#7748GH BHA&#7748G&#298 (d.1811)</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,BHADG*"> <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 BHA&#7748G&#298 (d.1811), son of Gujjar Si&#7749gh of the Bha&#7749g&#299 clan, one of the numerous principalities into which Punjab was divided during the latter part of the 18th century, ruled over the territory of Gujr&#257t in central Punjab. He was married to R&#257j Kaur, daughter of Cha&#7771hat Si&#7749gh Sukkarchakk&#299&#257, the grandfather of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh. On the eve of the first invasion, in 1794, of Sh&#257h Zam&#257n, grandson of Ahmad Sh&#257h Durr&#257n&#299, it was estimated that S&#257hib Si&#7749gh's state yielded an annual revenue of thirteen lakh rupees. He owned twelve forts and had a body of 2,000 horse in permanent employ, besides a big gun called Sh&#257h Pasand. In June 1797, S&#257hib Si&#7749gh joined Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh in his campaign against Hashmat <u>Kh</u>&#257n, the chief of the Cha&#7789&#7789h&#257 tribe, whose possessions lay on the left bank of the River Chen&#257b. At the time of the last invasion of Sh&#257h Zam&#257n in 1798, S&#257hib Si&#7749gh, along with Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh, attacked him with 500 horse. On the withdrawal of Sh&#257h Zam&#257n from the Punjab in January 1799, S&#257hib Si&#7749gh under instruction from Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh led a force towards Kashm&#299r, and in 1806 accompanied him on his expedition into the cis-Sutlej region. As his own position became vulnerable in consequence of the hostility of the surrounding Sikh chiefs, Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh ended S&#257hib Si&#7749gh's authority by annexing his country. In 1810, the Mah&#257r&#257j&#257, upon the intercession of M&#257&#299 Lachhm&#299, mother of S&#257hib Si&#7749gh, granted him a <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> worth one lakh of rupees which he held until his death the following year. On S&#257hib Si&#7749gh's death, Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh married by the customary rite of <i>ch&#257dar &#7693&#257ln&#257</i>, two of the former's wives, Day&#257 Kaur and Ratan Kaur, who were real sisters, celebrated for their beauty. Day&#257 Kaur gave birth to Kashm&#299r&#257 Si&#7749gh and Pashaur&#257 Si&#7749gh and Ratan Kaur to Mult&#257n&#257 Si&#7749gh.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> S&#363r&#299, Sohan L&#257l, <i>'Umd&#257t-ut-Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u></i>. Lahore, 1885-89<BR> <li class="C1"> Griffin, Lepel and C.F Massy, <i>Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab</i>. Lahore,1909<BR> <li class="C1"> Khushwant Singh, <i>A History of the Sikhs</i>, vol. I. Princeton, 1963<BR> <li class="C1"> Hasrat, Bikrama Jit, <i>Life and Times of Ranjit Singh</i>. Nabha,1977<BR> <li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i>Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257</i> [Reprint]. Patiala,1970<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Sard&#257r Si&#7749gh Bh&#257&#7789&#299&#257<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>