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<p class="C1">&#65279SAM&#256N&#256 (30º-11'N, 76º-11'E), an old historic town 30 km southwest of Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257, was visited by Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur, who arrived here from Saif&#257b&#257d, now Bah&#257durga&#7771h. A troop of imperial soldiers had been in pursuit of him and, to afford him a safe asylum, Muhammad Ba<u>kh</u>sh, a local Muslim noble of S&#363f&#299 leanings who is said to have already met the Gur&#363 at Saif&#257b&#257d, took him to his own house in Ga&#7771h&#299 Naz&#299r 3 km away. The Gur&#363 had thus stayed at Sam&#257n&#257 only for a short while. In 1709, Band&#257 Si&#7749gh Bah&#257dur attacked and destroyed vengefully the town which had supplied headsmen for the execution of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur and the two younger sons of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh. The only Sikh shrine in Sam&#257n&#257 was established but in the recent decades. It is called Gurdw&#257r&#257 Tha&#7771&#257 S&#257hib and marks the site where Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur is supposed to have halted before being escorted to Ga&#7771h&#299 Naz&#299r.</p>
<p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Gurdw&#257r&#257, a modern flat-roofed building with a small <i>sarovar</i> attached to it, is managed by the Niha&#7749gs.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><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>
<li class="C1"> Fauj&#257 Si&#7749gh, <i>Gur&#363 Teg Bah&#257dur : Y&#257tr&#257 Asth&#257n, Parampar&#257v&#257&#7749 te Y&#257d Chinh</i>.Patiala, 1976<BR>
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