26. BASAWAN, SHAIKH,

BASAWAN, SHAIKH, a ranked Muslim officer at Maharaja Ranjit Singh`s court, started his career as an assistant to Misr Beli Ram, who had entered the Maharaja`s service in 1809 and who in 1816 had become superintendent of the toshakhana or treasury. Ba...

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27. BHIKHAN KHAN

BHIKHAN KHAN (d. 1688) was a Pathan who had served in the Mughal army before joining Guru Gobind Singh at Paonta Sahib on the recommendation ofPir Buddhu Shah of Sadhaura. He had one hundred soldiers under his command, but he crossed over to the hill...

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28. BHIKHAN SHAH OR SHAH BHIKH, PIR

BHIKHAN SHAH OR SHAH BHIKH, PIR, a seventeenthcentury Sufi saint, was born the son of Sayyid Muhammad Yusaf of Siana Sayyidari, a village 5 km from Pehova, now in Kurukshetra district of Haryana. For a time, he lived at Ghuram in presentday Patiala d...

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29. BUDDHU SHAH, PIR

BUDDHU SHAH, PIR (16471704), a Muslim divine whose real name was Badr udDIn and who was an admirer of Guru Gobind Singh, was born on 13 June 1647 in a prosperous Sayyid family ofSadhaura, in presentday Ambala district of Haryana. Because of his simpl...

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30. CHIRAGH DIN, FAQlR

CHIRAGH DIN, FAQlR (d. 1851). son of Faqir Aziz udDin, foreign minister to Maharaja Ranjit Singh, was governor of Jasrota. a small principality in the Sivalik hills, and was shortly afterwards placed in attendance on Prince Kharak Singh. In 1842, he ...

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