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Piara Singh Padam in his Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji de Darbari Ratan highlights that Guru Gobind Singh gave as much regard to the pen as to the sword. [74] Guru Gobind Singh is credited in the Sikh tradition with finalizing the Kartarpur Pothi (manuscript) of the Guru Granth Sahib – the primary scripture of Sikhism. [33]
Guru Gobind Singh with Ajit Singh and Jujhar Singh, the Panj Pyrae and 40 Khalsa Sikh warriors marched towards Chamkaur. Upon arriving at the city, he requested safe passage from the city chief, Ajmer Chand, but was refused. However, upon hearing the Guru's plea for help, the chief's younger brother allowed the Sikhs to stay in his Haveli.
Zorawar Singh (Punjabi: ਸਾਹਿਬਜ਼ਾਦਾ ਜ਼ੋਰਾਵਰ ਸਿੰਘ, pronunciation: [säːɦɪbd͡ʒäːd̪ɛ d͡ʒoɾäːʋaɾ sɪ́ŋgᵊ]; 17 November 1696 – 26 December 1704 [1]), alternatively spelt as Jorawar Singh, [2] was a son of Guru Gobind Singh who was executed in the court of Wazir Khan, the Mughal Governor ...
Ajit Singh (Punjabi: ਅਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, pronunciation: [äːd͡ʒiːt sɪ́ŋgᵊ]; 11 February 1687 –23 December 1704), also referred to with honorifics as Sahibzada Ajit Singh or Baba Ajit Singh, was the eldest son of Guru Gobind Singh and the son of Mata Sundari. [1]
Yogesh Snehi noted that Banda Singh Bahadur destroyed imperial mosques and the fort of Sirhind during his raid, where the two young sons of Guru Gobind Singh were executed. [15] V.D. Mahajan also writes that thousands of Muslims were killed during the siege. [16]
Fateh Singh (Punjabi: ਫ਼ਤਿਹ ਸਿੰਘ, pronunciation: [pʰat̪ɪɦ sɪ́ŋgᵊ]; 25 February 1699 – 26 December 1704 or 26 December 1705 [note 1]), commonly referred to with honorifics as Baba Fateh Singh or Sahibzada Baba Fateh Singh, was the fourth and youngest son of Guru Gobind Singh.
Guru Gobind Singh after a brief interval returned to Anandpur but had to quit it again on 5–6 December 1705 under pressure of a prolonged siege by the hill chief supported by Sirhind troops. Under the orders of the faujdar, Nawab Wazir Khan, Guru Gobind Singh's two younger sons, aged nine and seven, were cruelly bricked to death.
According to Sikh sources, Mirza Askari (Wazir Khan) was born around 1635 and was a native of then Kunjpura and Karnal district of modern-day Haryana. [6]Wazir Khan is noted for his conflicts with the Sikhs and became infamous for ordering the execution of Guru Gobind Singh's young sons (Sahibzada Fateh Singh and Sahibzada Zorawar Singh) in 1704. [7]