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XII (a) Panth Prakash, Giani Gian Singh, 1889 94
(b) Tawarikh Guru Khalsa, Giani Gian Singh, 1891 95
XIII Gur-Parnalian Kesar Singh, Saundha, Gulab Singh, etc. 96
XIV (a) Itihas de An-likhe Patre, Bhai Kahan Singh 1927. 98
(b) Gurmat Sudhakar, Bhai Kahan Singh, 1912 100
(c) Gurmat Prabhakar, Bhai Kahan Singh, 1922 101
(d) Gurmat Martand, Bhai Kahan Singh, 1962 101
XV Tasvir Zabat ho gei, 'Asli Qaumi Dard', February 18, 102
1928
XVI Bhagat Lachhman Singh ji de Not, 1935 103
XVII Sardar Narotam Singh ji Barrister, Abbotabad,
de Lekh, 1940
108
XVIII EXTRACTS FROM PERSIAN AND URDU WORKS
i lbrat Namah Swaneh, Mirza Muhammad Harisi, 1115-1131 A.H.
1703-1719 [A.D. 115
ii Bayan-i-Khandan-i-Karamat Nishan-i-Bedidn, Munshi Sant Singh,
May 1865 115
iii (a) lbrat Namah, Sayyed Mohd. Qasim" Lahauri, 1722 A.D. 115
(b) lbrat Maqal, Sayyed Mohd. Qasim Lahauri, 1731 A.D. ^ 115
iv Chahar Gulshan Akhbar-un-Nawadir (Chatur Gulshan Khulasat~
un-Nawadir), Rai Chaturman, 1173 A.H., 1759 A.D. 115
v Majma-ul-Akhbar, Uarsukh Rai, 1214-1220 A.H., 1799-1805 A.D. 116
vi TSrlkh-i-Bahar-ul-Mawwaj,Mo\. 1, Tarikh-i-Muzaffari,Muhammad
Ali Khan, Ansari, 1810. 116
vii Mirat-ul-Ahwal-i-Jahan NumS, Ahmad bin Muhammad Ali,
1225 A.H., 1810 A.D. 116
viii Tawarlkh-i-SikhSn, Khushwaqt Rai, 1812 116
ix Tawdrikh-i-Hind, Bayan Ahwal-i-MuIk-i-Hind wa Maluk-i-an,
Ahmad Shah Batalia. 1233 A.H., 1817 A.D. 116
x Umdat-ut-Tawarikh, Munshi Sohan Lai Suri, 1849, printed 1885 117
xi Khalis Namah, Ratan Chand Bal, 1846 117
xii (a) TawSrlkh-i-Panjab; Bute Shah, 1848 117
(b) Tawarlkh-i-Panjab, Bute Shah, abridgment 117
xii'i Zafar Namah-i-Ranjit Singh, Kanhaiya Lai Hindi, printed, 1876 117
XIX Statement of the Hony Secretary, Godateer Itihas
Samshodhan Mandal, Nanded, October 23, 1971 118
XX (a) Statement of the Panj Piaras of Takht Sach-khand
Sri Hazur Sahib Abchal-nagar, Oct. 27, 1971
(b) Statement of the Secretary, Gurdwara Board,
119
Nanded, October 27, 1971
119
XXI Baba Ajapal Singh and his Successors
121
XXII Founders and Leaders of the Namdhari Movement 122
Chronology
123
Bibliography
129
Index
133
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GURU GOBIND SINGH'S DEATH AT NANDED :
AN EXAMINATION OF SUCCESSION THEORIES
1. GURU GOBIND SINGH IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
The two historical facts that Guru Gobind Singh, the
tenth and the last Guru of the Sikhs, died at Nanded in the
Deccan, now in Maharashtra, on October 6-7, 1708, and was
cremated there have been substantiated not only by contemporary
and semi-contemporary evidence, but also by other
authorities of undeniable historical importance. It has also
been authenticated beyond doubt that Guru Gobind Singh did
not appoint any one of his followers to succeed him as Guru
and that he had commanded his followers to look upon the
Word of the Great Masters, as embodied in their holy book,
the Granth Sahib, as their Guru, thenceforward known as the
Guru Granth Sahib.
Like all his predecessors, from Guru Nanak to Guru
Tegh Bahadur, Guru Gobind Singh was an historical person
who lived in this world. He was born at Patna in the eastern
province of Bihar; he travelled throughout the length of the
Uttar Pradesh on his way to Anandpur and spent the greater
part of his life in the Panjab. He was neither a renunciatory
recluse nor an ultra-spiritualistic saint given to slumbering
meditation and thus beyond the reach of his fellow beings.
He was no doubt a Godly being. But his godliness was not
otherworldliness. He believed and declared that he had come
to the world with a mission to protect, encourage and help
the good and to chastise and uproot the evil-doers. This
could be done only by leading an active life in the world, not
in the hiding retreats of mountains and jungles, far away from
the people, but by living amongst them, teaching and guiding
them both by precept and example, leading them at every step
of their worldly lives, protecting them from aggression and