36. AJMER CHAND

AJMER CHAND, ruler of Kahlur (Bilaspur), one of the princely states in the Sivaliks. He succeeded his father. Raja Bhim Chand, who had retired in his favour. Bhim Chand had led battles against Guru Gobind Singh, and his son, Ajmer Chand, continued th...

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37. AJMER SINGH

AJMER SINGH was the name given a seventeenthcentury Muslim recluse of Chhatteana, a village in presentday Faridkot district of the Punjab, as he received the initiatory rites of the Khalsa. His original name was Ibrahim, popularly shortened to Brahmi...

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38. AJUDHIA PARSHAD, DIWAN

AJUDHIA PARSHAD, DIWAN (17991870), soldier and civil administrator in Sikh times, was the adopted son of Diwan Ganga Ram. Maharaja Ranjit Singh first employed Ajudhia Parshad in 1819 to serve in the military office in Kashmir. Three years later, he w...

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39. AKAL, BHAI

AKAL, BHAI, a carpenter resident ofVadda Ghar in presentday Fandkot district of the Punjab and, according to Gurbilas Chhevin Patshahi, maternal grandfather of the celebrated Bhai Rup Chand, became a devotee of Guru Ram Das. He also served Guru Arjan...

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40. AKBAR, JALAL UD-DIN MUHAMMAD

AKBAR, JALAL UD-DIN MUHAMMAD (1542-1605), third in the line of Mughal emperors of India, was born on 23 November 1542 at Amarkot, in Sindh, while his father, Humayun, was escaping to Persia after he had been ousted by Sher Khan Sur. Akbar was crowned...

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