ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SANT M&#256L</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 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">&#65279<i>SANT M&#256L</i>, by Bh&#257&#299 Sobh&#257 R&#257m, is an account in Punjabi verse, of the Sev&#257panth&#299 sect. The work, still unpublished, was completed in Bk 1923/AD 1866. A copy of the manuscript is preserved in &#7692er&#257 Bh&#257&#299 R&#257m Kishan, Pa&#7789i&#257l&#257. This manuscript copied in Bk1927/AD 1870 comprises 255 folios, each folio, 12/l/2" X 6/ 1/2", containing 16 lines. The work falls in the category of hagiographical writing and follows the Pur&#257&#7749ic style of narration. The manuscript contains detailed biographies of some of the important Sev&#257panth&#299 saints such as Bh&#257&#299 Kanhaiy&#257, Sev&#257 R&#257m, A&#7693&#7693a&#7751 Sh&#257h and Dukhbhañjan. Brief sketches are provided of some lesser-known Sev&#257panth&#299 saints such as Bh&#257&#299 Dhanno, Ga&#7771h Ma&#7749g&#363, Sad&#257nand and Bhall&#257 R&#257m. The work includes some indirect references to Mu<u>gh</u>al atrocities and the sufferings of the Sikhs during the eighteenth century.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Valuable and interesting information, based on personal knowledge, is given about some of the eminent contemporary personalities such as Bed&#299 S&#257hib Si&#7749gh of &#362n&#257, B&#257b&#257 Va&#7693bh&#257g Si&#7749gh and Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Gurmukh Si&#7749gh, <i>Sev&#257 Panth&#299&#257&#7749 d&#299 Pañj&#257bi S&#257hit n&#363&#7749 De&#7751</i>. Patiala, 1986<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurmukh Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>