ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SH&#256H DAUL&#256 (1581-1676)</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="SHH,DAUL,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">&#65279SH&#256H DAUL&#256 (1581-1676), a renowned Muslim divine of his time, was the son of 'Abd ur-Rah&#299m <u>Kh</u>&#257n L&#803odh&#299, a descendant of Sult&#257n Ibr&#257h&#299m Lodh&#299 and Ni&#257mat <u>Kh</u>&#257t&#363n, a scion of the chiefs of Gakkha&#7771 tribe of western Punjab, though the Gujjars of Gujr&#257t, now in Pakistan, claim him as belonging to their clan. Daul&#257 was brought up in utter penury by his widowed mother in her native Po&#7789hoh&#257r. Upon his mother's death in 1590 after several years of hard toil, he left home and in the course of his wanderings came to Sa&#7749groh&#299, a village near Si&#257lko&#7789, where he became a disciple of Sh&#257h Said&#257n Sarmast, a <i>faq&#299r</i> of the Suhr&#257ward&#299 sect. Twelve years later, Sh&#257h Sarmast, at his deathbed, blessed him and nominated him as his successor. Sh&#257h Daul&#257 became famous for his piety and he launched several works of public weal. He built many mosques, tanks, wells and bridges over some unfordable torrential, seasonal rivulets, which earned him the epithet of Dary&#257&#299, from <i>dary&#257</i>, i.e. river. Sh&#257h Daul&#257 Dary&#257&#299 shifted, in 1612, to Gujr&#257t where he settled permanently. He died there, according to the anagram of his death, <u>Kh</u>ud&#257dost, in 1676.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sh&#257h Daul&#257 was acquainted with the teaching of Gur&#363 N&#257nak. According to Sar&#363p D&#257s Bhall&#257, <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>, he once met at Gujr&#257t Bh&#257&#299 Ga&#7771h&#299&#257, appointed <i>masand</i> by Gur&#363 Hargobind to preach in Kashm&#299r, and requested him to recite Gur&#363 Arjan's <i>Sukhman&#299</i> to him. Bh&#257&#299 Ga&#7771h&#299&#257, uttered the verse : "In <i>Sukhman&#299</i> is the peace, the very ambrosia of God's Name and it dwelleth in the hearts of the devotees." Sh&#257h Daul&#257 was enchanted and, to quote the <i>Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh</i>, instantaneously spoke, "Nothing equals the Gur&#363's word. Listening even to a single line brings the highest bliss." Sh&#257h Daul&#257 is also said to have met Gur&#363 Hargobind when he visited Gujr&#257t on his way back from Kashm&#299r.</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>Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth</i>. Amritsar, 1927-35.<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> <li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i>The Sikh Religion : Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors</i>. Oxford, 1909<BR> <li class="C1"> Rose, H.A., ed., <i>A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province</i>. Lahore, 1911-19<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Bhagat Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>