ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>V&#256R AMRITSAR K&#298</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>V&#256R AMRITSAR K&#298</i>, also known as <i>V&#257r Si&#7749gh&#257&#7749 K&#299</i>, by Darshan Bhagat, a disciple of Bh&#257&#299 Kanhaiy&#257 is an eye-witness account of the battle fought in Amritsar between a force sent by the Mu<u>gh</u>al satrap of Lahore and the Sikhs on the Bais&#257kh&#299 day (29 March) of 1709. A manuscript of the poem was held under No. 2735 in the Sikh Reference Library, Amritsar, until the Library perished in 1984. A published version in the anthology titled <i>Pañj&#257b&#299 Var&#257&#7749</i> (Kalam Mandir, Patiala) is, however, available.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As a result of the conciliatory policy of Emperor Bah&#257dur Sh&#257h, the lands attached to the Golden Temple, Amritsar, which had been earlier confiscated were restored and Sikhs were appointed by M&#257t&#257 Sundar&#299, widow of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, to administer the <i>j&#257g&#299r</i> at Amritsar. On a complaint made by a local banker Ch&#363ha&#7771 Mall, Aslam <u>Kh</u>&#257n, the deputy Governor of Lahore, sent Har Sah&#257i, the revenue officer of Pa&#7789&#7789&#299, against the Sikhs. Har Sah&#257i was killed in the skirmish as was Chaudhar&#299 Dev&#257 of Naushahr&#257 Pann&#363&#257&#7749, also deputed by Aslam <u>Kh</u>&#257n. The <i>V&#257r</i> panegyrized the bravery and skill displayed by the Sikhs in this battle. It concludes with the remark that &#256dam <u>Kh</u>&#257n was rebuked by Emperor Bah&#257dur Sh&#257h for having taken the sword against the House of N&#257nak.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Padam, Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh, ed., <i>Pañj&#257b&#299 V&#257r&#257&#7749</i>. Patiala, 1980<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Pi&#257r&#257 Si&#7749gh Padam<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>