Khwaja Khijr

As a child, Baba Nanak was sent to a Hindu pandit and to a Muslim maulvi to study. It is likely that from the latter he received a detailed knowledge of Islam, which is readily apparent in his mystical poetry. Legend also has it that, in the manner of some Sufis, Baba Nanak was also instructed by the mystical Khwaja Khizr, considered by many to be a hidden prophet referred to in the Qur�an. At a young age itself, therefore, Baba Nanak received a fairly profound knowledge of Islam through his association with his Muslim neighbours.

According to Malcolm, Guru Nanak is said to have learnt all earthly scenes from Khizr -the Prophet Elias. "There is a reason to believe," writes Cunningham, "that in his youth he made himself familiar with the popular creeds both of Mohammadans and the Hindus and that he gained a general knowledge of the Quran and Brahmanical Shastras."

According to Rattan Singh Bhangu , author Panth Parkash , Daulat Khan had no son . With Guru Nanak's blessings he got two sons. Dilawar Khan & Ghazi Khan. Subsequently Daulat Khan became the follower of Guru Nanak as Bhai Gurdas has stated in his eleventh Var Paurhi thirteen:

Daulat Khan Lodhi bhalla hoa zind pir abanashi

Daulat left his former faith of Khawaja Khizr and became follower of Guru Nanak