ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SH&#298H&#256&#7748 1</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="SH*HD"> <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&#298H&#256&#7748, Dh&#299r Mall's <i>masand</i>, desperately supported his patron who had set himself up at Bak&#257l&#257 as one of the several claimants to the gur&#363ship following the death of Gur&#363 Har Krishan in March 1664. He enticed the Sikhs to his patron's presence telling them that he was the late Gur&#363's successor and he, as a mark of it, had in his possession the original copy of the Holy Granth. After Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur had been anointed Gur&#363, Sh&#299h&#257&#7749 counselled Dh&#299r Mall to occupy the <i>gadd&#299</i> by force. Dh&#299r Mall agreed to the proposal and allowed Sh&#299h&#257&#7749 to make an armed attack on Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur and ransack his house. Sh&#299h&#257&#7749 even fired at the Gur&#363, who however escaped unhurt. Makkh&#257&#7751 Sh&#257h, a wealthy trader and a staunch follower of Gur&#363 Te<u>gh</u> Bah&#257dur who happened to be in town with his armed attendants, retaliated and plundered Dh&#299r Mall's residence. But when the Gur&#363 learnt what Makkh&#257&#7751 Sh&#257h had done, he bade him restore the property to its owner. He even had the sacred volume returned to Dh&#299r Mall. Sh&#299h&#257&#7749 was not deterred from his malicious ways. According to <i>Gur&#363 k&#299&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i>, he was still with Dh&#299r Mall when the latter, in 1676, was summoned by royal warrant to Delhi to be confined to the Fort of Ra&#7751thambore.</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>, vol.II. 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"> Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh and Gi&#257n&#299 Garj&#257 Si&#7749gh, eds., <i>Gur&#363 k&#299&#257&#7749 S&#257kh&#299&#257&#7749</i>.Patiala, 1986<BR> <li class="C1"> Trilochan Singh, <i>Guru Tegh Bahadur: Prophet and Martyr</i>. Delhi, 1967<BR> <li class="C1"> Harbans Singh, <i>Guru Tegh Bahadur</i>. Delhi, 1982<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">A. C. Banerjee<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>