Sikh shrines in Muslim names

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One may not find any religious shrines and institutions in the name of the person professing another religion. Undoubtedly, this is the unchallenged sole propriety of the Sikhs.

  • A Gurdwara Majnu Ka Tilla is located at Delhi, in the name of a Sufi saint, with whom the 1st Guru Sahib had interacted.
  • There are many more Gurdwaras in the name of Muslims in Punjab, such as Gurdwra Farid Tilla, at Farid Kot and Gurdwara Haji Rattan at Bhatinda, so on and so forth.
  • The name of the University Guest House of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, is named as “Sheikh Sajjan Guest House.”
  • Another name of University Guest House of Punjabi University, Patiala, is named as “Waris Bhavan”, in the name of Waris Shah.

Many institutions named after Muslims

There are many more such Sikh institutions named after Muslims.

Gurdwara Mata Kaulan & Sarovar Kaulsar

Gurdwara Mata Kaulan is built in the name of Bibi Kaulan. She was the daughter of Rustam Khan, Qazi of Lahore. She was influenced by the Sikh ideology knowing through Hazrat Miyan Mir who laid the foundation stone of Shri Harmandir Sahib, popularly known as Golden Temple, Amritsar. When her father wanted to get her married she sent a word to Guru Sahib to rescue her. The 6th Guru Shri Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji deputed his confidant Sikhs to bring her to Amritsar from Lahore. She spent her remaining years in the vicinity of Shri Harmandir Sahib, learning and preaching the teachings of “Shri Aad Granth Sahib.” There Guru Sahib constructed a pond in her memory and named it “Kaul Sar”, and later the Sikhs constructed a Gurudwra, where she stayed on during her remaining life.

Gurdwara Yaadgar (memorial) Pir Budhu Shah

In Sadhuara, of district Yamuna Nagar of Haryana Pradesh a “Gurdwara Yaadgar (memorial) Pir Budhu Shah” is built in memory of Pir Sahib’s sacrifice at that place. On 21st March 1704, Pir Sahib was brutally tortured and killed by cutting away the various parts of his body one after another by the Governor of Sadhuara Mohammad Osman Khan for his association with Guru Sahib. Later his entire family was hunted and killed by Moghal army leaving none behind. In the same village, there is another Gurdwara built at the place of birth of Pir Sahib named as “Gurdwara Janam Asthan Shaheed Pir Budhu Shah Ji.”

Gurdwara Ghani Khan Nabi Khan

There is a Gurdwara Ghani Khan Nabi Khan, at a village Machiwada, about 35 kilometres from Ludhiana, Punjab. These two brothers lived there. After the battle of Chamkaur, Guru Sahib was passing by that side. When they came to know of the arrival of Guru Sahib along with three Sikhs, Bhai Daya Singh Ji, Bhai Dharam Singh Ji and Bhai Mann Singh Ji, and took them to their house.

For safe passage out of Machiwada, these two Khan Brothers and two Sikhs carried Guru Sahib on their shoulders in a palanquin, and one Sikh flying the whisk from behind. All dressed like Muslims and disguising Guru Sahib as a Pir (Muslim divine) from Uchch, an old seat of Muslim Saints near Multan in the south east Punjab (now in Pakistan) visiting his disciples in this area.

Gurdwara Bibi Mumtaz

Gurdwara Bibi Mumtaz is located at a village, Badi Pind, near Ropar, Punjab. This Gurdwara is built in the memory of Bibi Mumtaz Begum. She was a daughter of Nawab Nihang Khan of Kotla Nihang Village of Ropar district, who was a great admirer of Guru Sahib. She was not married but engaged to a Muslim Noble.

In December 1705, after evacuation of the Anand Pur Sahib fort, as a strategy, Sikhs dispersed in different sides in groups and all were chased and attacked contrary to the oath sworn by the Imperial levies. A group of one hundred Sikhs led by Bhai Bachitar Singh was killed in a battle. Another group led by Sahibzada Ajit Singh Ji reached the place and found Bhai Bachitar Singh still breathing. They brought him to the place of Nihang Khan for treatment and left there, as he was seriously injured and not in a condition to travel. The Mughal forces came to his fort and asked for a search of the Sikhs. He denied that any Sikh had taken shelter at his fort. During the search, they found one room bolted from inside. On asking, Nihang Khan said that his son-in-law and daughter were in that room. The forces left without search of that particular room. After few days Bhai Sahib could not survive. Nihang Khan performed the cremation of the body in his fort. Bibi Mumtaz remained unmarried and lived like a widow of Bahi Bachitar Singh Ji. This Gurdwara Bibi Mumtaz is built in her memory, in the fort where she stayed for her remaining life.

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