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In response, Aurangzeb ordered arrest of the Guru. He was then brought to Delhi and tortured so as to convert him. On his refusal to convert, he was beheaded in 1675. [230] [231] Zafarnama is the name given to the letter sent by the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh in 1705 to Aurangzeb. The letter is written in Persian script.
This list includes all battles fought by the tenth Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh. Following the execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur, tensions rose between the Mughals and the Sikhs. [1] Both Mughal administration and Aurangzeb's army had an active interest in the Guru. The Mughal emperor issued an order to exterminate Guru Gobind Singh and his family ...
According to Sikh sources it was Guru Gobind Singh who killed Azam Shah. [143] [144] The official successor Bahadur Shah invited Guru Gobind Singh with his army to meet him in person in the Deccan region of India for reconciliation. Guru Gobind Singh hoped to get Anandpur, his former stronghold back, and remained close to the imperial camp for ...
His son, Guru Gobind Singh, who would be the tenth Sikh guru, was born in Patna in 1666 while he was away in Dhubri, Assam, where the Gurdwara Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib now stands. While in Assam, it is claimed by Sikh accounts that the guru brokered peace between Raja Ram Singh and the Ahom ruler Raja Chakradhwaj Singha (Supangmung). [27 ...
After the previous strains, Emperor Jahangir showed a conciliatory attitude toward Guru Hargobind. According to Sikh tradition, Jahangir turned over Chandu Shah, who was partially responsible for the execution of Guru Arjan and the imprisonment of Guru Hargobind, to the Sikhs. At their hands, Chandu Shah was eventually killed. [19]
Christopher Shackle divides the work into five parts: [3]. the invocation of God; the loss of Anandpur; the battle of Chamkaur; the address to Aurangzeb; the conclusion; In this letter, Guru Gobind Singh reminds Aurangzeb how he and his soldiers had broken their oaths sworn upon the Qur'an, [7] when they promised safe passage to the Guru but launched a hidden attack of an army described as ...
Bahadur Shah on a Sikh expedition. Guru Gobind Singh began negotiations with Aurangzeb in 1705 and left for the Deccan in 1706 to meet him in person when he agreed to concilation. However, Aurangzeb died before he could reach him and Gobind Singh decided to meet Bahadur Shah instead. The guru arrived at Agra in July 1707 and was honored by the ...
The tenth and the last Guru, Guru Gobind Singh organized Sikhs into a military sect called Khalsa (means "pure"), in 1699, against the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. Before his death in 1708, he sent Banda Singh Bahadur to lead the Sikhs of Punjab .