https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Wazir_Khan&feed=atom&action=historyWazir Khan - Revision history2024-03-29T06:58:43ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.7https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Wazir_Khan&diff=48156&oldid=prevAllenwalla: link to Fateh Singh who is listed as the warrior who ended the reviled Wazir Khan's life.2008-02-18T10:19:40Z<p>link to Fateh Singh who is listed as the warrior who ended the reviled Wazir Khan's life.</p>
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</table>Allenwallahttps://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Wazir_Khan&diff=43573&oldid=prevAllenwalla: removed line on slayer of wazir2007-11-08T17:12:05Z<p>removed line on slayer of wazir</p>
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</table>Allenwallahttps://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Wazir_Khan&diff=43507&oldid=prevAllenwalla: added the dispatcher of Wazir, the venerated Baba Deep Singh2007-11-08T00:28:47Z<p>added the dispatcher of Wazir, the venerated Baba Deep Singh</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In August of 1700 they attacked [[Anandpur]], but found the defences impregnable. Later, [[Guru Gobind Singh]] moved to a site 4 km south of [[Kiratpur]]. By this time a contingent of troops sent by Wazir Khan from [[Sirhind]] at the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Raja</del>'<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s </del>request joined their forces. A fresh attack was mounted. The encounter that ensued is known as the [[Battle of Nirmohgarh]]. It lasted a whole week and Wazir Khan's troops even used cannon fire. On 14 October 1700, however, Guru Gobind Singh and his Sikhs broke the cordon and crossed the Sutlej into Basoli, a small friendly state. The imperial troops retired to [[Sirhind]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In August of 1700 they attacked [[Anandpur]], but found the defences impregnable. Later, [[Guru Gobind Singh]] moved to a site 4 km south of [[Kiratpur]]. By this time a contingent of troops sent by Wazir Khan from [[Sirhind]] at the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Rajas</ins>' request joined their forces. A fresh attack was mounted. The encounter that ensued is known as the [[Battle of Nirmohgarh]]. It lasted a whole week and Wazir Khan's troops even used cannon fire. On 14 October 1700, however, Guru Gobind Singh and his Sikhs broke the cordon and crossed the Sutlej into Basoli, a small friendly state. The imperial troops retired to [[Sirhind]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Guru Gobind Singh soon returned to [[Anandpur]] and spent the next few years in comparative peace. In the winter of 1704, Ajmer Chand of Kahlur waited upon [[Emperor Aurangzeb]] in the Deccan and secured from him orders for his deputies at [[Lahore]] and Sirhind to launch an expedition against [[Guru Gobind Singh]]. Wazir Khan advanced from Sirhind and Zabardast Khan came from Lahore, the two meeting at [[Ropar]], where they were joined by the hill Rajas. A direct assault on Anandpur proving ineffective, they laid siege to the town and its protective fortresses, but were not able to force surrender. Wazir Khan sent messengers to Guru Gobind Singh, assuring him, on a solemn oath taken on the Qur'an, safe conduct if he would evacuate the town. The Guru expecting treachery sent refuse out in carts. These carts were immediately attacked. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Guru Gobind Singh soon returned to [[Anandpur]] and spent the next few years in comparative peace. In the winter of 1704, Ajmer Chand of Kahlur waited upon [[Emperor Aurangzeb]] in the Deccan and secured from him orders for his deputies at [[Lahore]] and Sirhind to launch an expedition against [[Guru Gobind Singh]]. Wazir Khan advanced from Sirhind and Zabardast Khan came from Lahore, the two meeting at [[Ropar]], where they were joined by the hill Rajas. A direct assault on Anandpur proving ineffective, they laid siege to the town and its protective fortresses, but were not able to force surrender. Wazir Khan sent messengers to Guru Gobind Singh, assuring him, on a solemn oath taken on the Qur'an, safe conduct if he would evacuate the town. The Guru expecting treachery sent refuse out in carts. These carts were immediately attacked. </div></td></tr>
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</table>Allenwallahttps://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Wazir_Khan&diff=41827&oldid=prevHari singh at 23:23, 6 October 20072007-10-06T23:23:53Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Nawab Wazir Khan'''(d. 1710), a resident of Kuhjpura, near <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>Karnal<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</del>, now in [[Haryana]], was the faujdar of [[Sirhind]] under the [[Mughal]]s in the opening years of the eighteenth century. The hill chiefs who held territories in the Sivalik ranges often sought his help against [[Guru Gobind Singh]], then living in their midst at Anandpur<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. In August of 1700 they attacked [[Anandpur]], but found the defences impregnable. Later, [[Guru Gobind Singh]] moved to a site 4 km south of [[Kiratpur]]. By this time a contingent of troops sent by Wazir Khan from [[Sirhind]] at the Raja's request joined their forces. A fresh attack was mounted. The encounter that ensued is known as the [[Battle of Nirmohgarh]]. It lasted a whole week and Wazir Khan's troops even used cannon fire. On 14 October 1700, however, Guru Gobind Singh and his Sikhs broke the cordon and crossed the Sutlej into Basoli, a small friendly state. The imperial troops retired to [[Sirhind]]</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Nawab Wazir Khan''' (d. 1710), a resident of Kuhjpura, near <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{wiki|</ins>Karnal<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">}}</ins>, now in [[Haryana]], was the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>faujdar<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] (leader) </ins>of [[Sirhind]] under the [[Mughal]]s in the opening years of the eighteenth century. The hill chiefs who held territories in the Sivalik ranges often sought his help against [[Guru Gobind Singh]], then living in their midst at Anandpur. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Guru Gobind Singh soon returned to Anandpur and spent the next few years in comparative peace. </del>In <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the winter of 1704, Ajmer Chand </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Kahlur waited upon Emperor Aurangzib in the Deccan and secured from him orders for his deputies at Lahore and Sirhind to launch an expedition against Guru Gobind Singh. Wazir Khan advanced from Sirhind and Zabardast Khan came from Lahore, the two meeting at Ropar, where </del>they <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">were joined by the hill Rajas. A direct assault on </del>Anandpur <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">proving ineffective</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">they laid siege to </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">town and its protective fortresses</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but were not able to force surrender. Wazir Khan sent messengers to </del>Guru Gobind Singh<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, assuring him, on </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> solemn oath taken on the Qur'an, safe conduct if he would evacuate the town. The Guru expecting treachery sent refuse out in carts. These carts were immediately attacked. During the night </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">56 December 1705 the Guru left Anandpur and Wazir Khan set out in hot pursuit</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Severe fighting took place on the bank </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the rivulet Sarsa, which was unexpectedly in spate. The Guru succeeded in crossing the river, and, accompanied </del>by <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">his two elder sons and forty Sikhs, reached Chamkaur where he stopped in a large vacant house. </del>Wazir Khan<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, receiving reinforcements </del>from <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Malerkotia, closely encircled </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Chamkaur</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. In </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">battle that raged throughout the following day, 7 December 1705, most of the Sikhs along with the Guru</del>'s <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">two sons were killed</del>. The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">remaining five entreated </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Guru to withdraw to be able to reassemble the survivors </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sarsa </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">other followers. Guru Gobind Singh escaped through the besieging host in to the interior of the semidesert region of Malva. </del>Wazir Khan <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">returned to Sirhind where he ordered the execution of Guru Gobind Singh</del>'s <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">two younger sons</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">aged nine and seven</del>, and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">their mother who had been betrayed into </del>his <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hands by an old servant of </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Guru. He gave chase to Guru Gobind Singh </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">overtook him at [[Khidrana]], modern [[Muktsar]]</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in Faridkot district. But before he could attack him, he was confronted by </del>a small <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hand of forty Sikhs. These were the same fourty Sikhs who had earlier desertrd the Guru and renounced being Sikhs. Their wives and families had heaped ridicule upon them and they had now saved their Guru and died as Martyrs</del>. The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">forty fell fighting </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a man. Wazir Khan's troops, worn out by long marches through a waterless tract, retreated</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">August </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1700 </ins>they <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">attacked [[</ins>Anandpur<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but found </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">defences impregnable. Later</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Guru Gobind Singh<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] moved to </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">site 4 km south </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Kiratpur]]</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">By this time a contingent </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">troops sent </ins>by Wazir Khan from [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sirhind</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Raja</ins>'s <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">request joined their forces. A fresh attack was mounted</ins>. The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">encounter that ensued is known as </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Battle </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Nirmohgarh]]. It lasted a whole week </ins>and Wazir Khan's <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">troops even used cannon fire. On 14 October 1700</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">however</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Guru Gobind Singh </ins>and his <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sikhs broke </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cordon </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">crossed the Sutlej into Basoli</ins>, a small <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">friendly state</ins>. The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">imperial troops retired </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Sirhind]]</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wazir Khan was overcome with jealousy and fear when he learned that Emperor Aurangzeb's son had been assisted by </del>Guru Gobind <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in succeeding </del>to the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">throne</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The son</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bahadur Shah was not the zealot his father had been an had asked the Guru to travel with him to the Deccan. The two men were developing a strong friendship. Wazir Khan could well remember what had happened to </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Chandu Shah</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">man behind the torture </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">death of Guru Arjan when </del>his <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">son </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Guru Hargobind</del>]] and [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jahangir</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">became fast friends</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Alarmed at this development </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fearing </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">possibility of a death such as Chandu's he dispatched </del>two <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Pathans, one of them named Jamshaid Khan to kill the Guru. The assassins got their chance </del>at <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Nanded</del>, where <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">finding Guru Gobind Singh alone in his camp, one of them stabbed him in his left side. The Guru killed his attacker the other was killed </del>by <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">one of his companions. Bahadur Shah's European physician stiched up </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wound which seemed to be healing well</del>. A <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">few days later the Guru is said </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">have been trying out a strong bow for a planned shikar when </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wound opened again</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this time prooving </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">be fatal</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">He died on 7 October 1708, but he had already despatched </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Punjab [[Banda </del>Singh <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bahadur]]</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">newly converted to </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sikh faith</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to chastise </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">persecutors</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Guru Gobind <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Singh soon returned </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Anandpur]] and spent </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">next few years in comparative peace</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In the winter of 1704</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ajmer Chand of Kahlur waited upon </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Emperor Aurangzeb</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Deccan </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">secured from him orders for </ins>his <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">deputies at </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Lahore</ins>]] and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sirhind to launch an expedition against </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Guru Gobind Singh</ins>]]. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wazir Khan advanced from Sirhind </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Zabardast Khan came from Lahore, </ins>the two <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">meeting </ins>at <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Ropar]]</ins>, where <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">they were joined </ins>by the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hill Rajas</ins>. A <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">direct assault on Anandpur proving ineffective, they laid siege </ins>to the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">town and its protective fortresses</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but were not able </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">force surrender</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wazir Khan sent messengers </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Guru Gobind </ins>Singh, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">assuring him, on a solemn oath taken on </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Qur'an</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">safe conduct if he would evacuate </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">town. The Guru expecting treachery sent refuse out in carts. These carts were immediately attacked</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Banda Singh Bahadur, joined shortly after his arrival in the southern Punjab by armed Sikhs from far and near, ransacked Samana, Ghuram and ChhatBanur. His next target was Sirhind. Wazir Khan, on his part, yelled jihad!, the old war cry and mustered a strong force, even though he had recently falsely sworn on his own holy book. A fierce action took place at Chappar Chiri, near presentday Chandigarh, on 12 May 1710. In the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">daylong </del>battle, Wazir Khan was killed and his army completely routed.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">During the night of 56 December 1705 the Guru left Anandpur and Wazir Khan set out in hot pursuit. Severe fighting took place on the bank of the rivulet Sarsa, which was unexpectedly in spate. The Guru succeeded in crossing the river, and, accompanied by his two elder sons and forty Sikhs, reached Chamkaur where he stopped in a large vacant house. Wazir Khan, receiving reinforcements from Malerkotia, closely encircled [[Chamkaur]]. In the battle that raged throughout the following day, 7 December 1705, most of the Sikhs along with the Guru's two sons were killed. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Guru Gobind Singh soon returned to Anandpur and spent the next few years in comparative peace. In the winter of 1704, Ajmer Chand of Kahlur waited upon Emperor Aurangzib in the Deccan and secured from him orders for his deputies at Lahore and Sirhind to launch an expedition against Guru Gobind Singh. Wazir Khan advanced from Sirhind and Zabardast Khan came from Lahore, the two meeting at Ropar, where they were joined by the hill Rajas. A direct assault on Anandpur proving ineffective, they laid siege to the town and its protective fortresses, but were not able to force surrender. Wazir Khan sent messengers to Guru Gobind Singh, assuring him, on a solemn oath taken on the Qur'an, safe conduct if he would evacuate the town. The Guru expecting treachery sent refuse out in carts. These carts were immediately attacked. During the night of 56 December 1705 the Guru left Anandpur and Wazir Khan set out in hot pursuit. Severe fighting took place on the bank of the rivulet Sarsa, which was unexpectedly in spate. The Guru succeeded in crossing the river, and, accompanied by his two elder sons and forty Sikhs, reached Chamkaur where he stopped in a large vacant house. Wazir Khan, receiving reinforcements from Malerkotia, closely encircled [[Chamkaur]]. In the battle that raged throughout the following day, 7 December 1705, most of the Sikhs along with the Guru's two sons were killed. The remaining five entreated the Guru to withdraw to be able to reassemble the survivors of Sarsa and other followers. Guru Gobind Singh escaped through the besieging host in to the interior of the semidesert region of Malva. Wazir Khan returned to Sirhind where he ordered the execution of Guru Gobind Singh's two younger sons, aged nine and seven, and their mother who had been betrayed into his hands by an old servant of the Guru. He gave chase to Guru Gobind Singh and overtook him at [[Khidrana]], modern [[Muktsar]], in Faridkot district. But before he could attack him, he was confronted by a small hand of forty Sikhs. These were the same fourty Sikhs who had earlier desertrd the Guru and renounced being Sikhs. Their wives and families had heaped ridicule upon them and they had now saved their Guru and died as Martyrs. The forty fell fighting to a man. Wazir Khan's troops, worn out by long marches through a waterless tract, retreated.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Guru Gobind Singh soon returned to Anandpur and spent the next few years in comparative peace. In the winter of 1704, Ajmer Chand of Kahlur waited upon Emperor Aurangzib in the Deccan and secured from him orders for his deputies at Lahore and Sirhind to launch an expedition against Guru Gobind Singh. Wazir Khan advanced from Sirhind and Zabardast Khan came from Lahore, the two meeting at Ropar, where they were joined by the hill Rajas. A direct assault on Anandpur proving ineffective, they laid siege to the town and its protective fortresses, but were not able to force surrender. Wazir Khan sent messengers to Guru Gobind Singh, assuring him, on a solemn oath taken on the Qur'an, safe conduct if he would evacuate the town. The Guru expecting treachery sent refuse out in carts. These carts were immediately attacked. During the night of 56 December 1705 the Guru left Anandpur and Wazir Khan set out in hot pursuit. Severe fighting took place on the bank of the rivulet Sarsa, which was unexpectedly in spate. The Guru succeeded in crossing the river, and, accompanied by his two elder sons and forty Sikhs, reached Chamkaur where he stopped in a large vacant house. Wazir Khan, receiving reinforcements from Malerkotia, closely encircled [[Chamkaur]]. In the battle that raged throughout the following day, 7 December 1705, most of the Sikhs along with the Guru's two sons were killed. The remaining five entreated the Guru to withdraw to be able to reassemble the survivors of Sarsa and other followers. Guru Gobind Singh escaped through the besieging host in to the interior of the semidesert region of Malva. Wazir Khan returned to Sirhind where he ordered the execution of Guru Gobind Singh's two younger sons, aged nine and seven, and their mother who had been betrayed into his hands by an old servant of the Guru. He gave chase to Guru Gobind Singh and overtook him at [[Khidrana]], modern [[Muktsar]], in Faridkot district. But before he could attack him, he was confronted by a small hand of forty Sikhs. These were the same fourty Sikhs who had earlier desertrd the Guru and renounced being Sikhs. Their wives and families had heaped ridicule upon them and they had now saved their Guru and died as Martyrs. The forty fell fighting to a man. Wazir Khan's troops, worn out by long marches through a waterless tract, retreated.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Allenwallahttps://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Wazir_Khan&diff=41818&oldid=prevAllenwalla: typo/s x tra details2007-10-06T19:06:17Z<p>typo/s x tra details</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Nawab Wazir Khan'''(d. 1710), a resident of Kuhjpura, near [[Karnal]], now in [[Haryana]], was the faujdar of [[Sirhind]] under the [[Mughal]]s in the opening years of the eighteenth century. The hill chiefs who held territories in the Sivalik ranges often sought his help against [[Guru <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>Gobind Singh]], then living in their midst at Anandpur. In August of 1700 they <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">invested </del>[[Anandpur]], but found the defences impregnable. Later, [[Guru Gobind Singh]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>moved to a site 4 km south of [[Kiratpur]]. By this time a contingent of troops sent by Wazir Khan from [[Sirhind]] at the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rajas</del>' <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">requestjoined </del>their forces. A fresh attack was mounted. The encounter that ensued is known as the [[Battle of Nirmohgarh]]. It lasted a whole week and Wazir Khan's troops used <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">even </del>cannon fire. On 14 October 1700, however, Guru Gobind Singh <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>and his Sikhs broke the cordon and crossed the Sutlej into Basoli, a small friendly state. The imperial troops retired to [[Sirhind]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Nawab Wazir Khan'''(d. 1710), a resident of Kuhjpura, near [[Karnal]], now in [[Haryana]], was the faujdar of [[Sirhind]] under the [[Mughal]]s in the opening years of the eighteenth century. The hill chiefs who held territories in the Sivalik ranges often sought his help against [[Guru Gobind Singh]], then living in their midst at Anandpur. In August of 1700 they <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">attacked </ins>[[Anandpur]], but found the defences impregnable. Later, [[Guru Gobind Singh]] moved to a site 4 km south of [[Kiratpur]]. By this time a contingent of troops sent by Wazir Khan from [[Sirhind]] at the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Raja</ins>'<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s request joined </ins>their forces. A fresh attack was mounted. The encounter that ensued is known as the [[Battle of Nirmohgarh]]. It lasted a whole week and Wazir Khan's troops <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">even </ins>used cannon fire. On 14 October 1700, however, Guru Gobind Singh and his Sikhs broke the cordon and crossed the Sutlej into Basoli, a small friendly state. The imperial troops retired to [[Sirhind]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Guru Gobind Singh soon returned to Anandpur and spent the next few years in comparative peace. In the winter of 1704, Ajmer Chand of Kahlur waited upon Emperor Aurangzib in the Deccan and secured from him orders for his deputies at Lahore and Sirhind to launch an expedition against Guru Gobind Singh. Wazir Khan advanced from Sirhind and Zabardast Khan came from Lahore, the two meeting at Ropar, where they were joined by the hill <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rajas</del>. A direct assault on Anandpur proving ineffective, they laid siege to the town and its protective fortresses, but were not able to force surrender. Wazir Khan <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">had recourse to a ruse. He </del>sent messengers to Guru Gobind Singh, assuring him, on solemn oath, safe conduct if he would evacuate the town. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">But no sooner had the </del>Guru <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">left Anandpur, during </del>the night of 56 December 1705<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, than </del>Wazir Khan set out in hot pursuit. Severe fighting took place on the bank of the rivulet Sarsa, which was unexpectedly in spate. The Guru succeeded in crossing the river, and, accompanied by his two elder sons and forty Sikhs, reached Chamkaur where he stopped in a large vacant house. Wazir Khan, receiving reinforcements from Malerkotia, closely encircled Chamkaur. In the battle that raged throughout the following day, 7 December 1705, most of the Sikhs along with the Guru's two sons were killed. The remaining five entreated the Guru to withdraw to be able to reassemble the survivors of Sarsa and other followers. Guru Gobind Singh escaped through the besieging host in to the interior of the semidesert region of Malva. Wazir Khan returned to Sirhind where he ordered the execution of Guru Gobind Singh's two younger sons, aged nine and seven, who had been betrayed into his hands by an old servant of the Guru. He gave chase to Guru Gobind Singh and overtook him at Khidrana, modern Muktsar, in Faridkot district. But before he could attack him, he was confronted by a small hand of forty Sikhs. The forty fell fighting to a man. Wazir Khan's troops, worn out by long marches through a waterless tract, retreated.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Guru Gobind Singh soon returned to Anandpur and spent the next few years in comparative peace. In the winter of 1704, Ajmer Chand of Kahlur waited upon Emperor Aurangzib in the Deccan and secured from him orders for his deputies at Lahore and Sirhind to launch an expedition against Guru Gobind Singh. Wazir Khan advanced from Sirhind and Zabardast Khan came from Lahore, the two meeting at Ropar, where they were joined by the hill <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Rajas</ins>. A direct assault on Anandpur proving ineffective, they laid siege to the town and its protective fortresses, but were not able to force surrender. Wazir Khan sent messengers to Guru Gobind Singh, assuring him, on <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </ins>solemn oath <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">taken on the Qur'an</ins>, safe conduct if he would evacuate the town. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </ins>Guru <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">expecting treachery sent refuse out in carts. These carts were immediately attacked. During </ins>the night of 56 December 1705 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Guru left Anandpur and </ins>Wazir Khan set out in hot pursuit. Severe fighting took place on the bank of the rivulet Sarsa, which was unexpectedly in spate. The Guru succeeded in crossing the river, and, accompanied by his two elder sons and forty Sikhs, reached Chamkaur where he stopped in a large vacant house. Wazir Khan, receiving reinforcements from Malerkotia, closely encircled <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Chamkaur<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>. In the battle that raged throughout the following day, 7 December 1705, most of the Sikhs along with the Guru's two sons were killed. The remaining five entreated the Guru to withdraw to be able to reassemble the survivors of Sarsa and other followers. Guru Gobind Singh escaped through the besieging host in to the interior of the semidesert region of Malva. Wazir Khan returned to Sirhind where he ordered the execution of Guru Gobind Singh's two younger sons, aged nine and seven, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and their mother </ins>who had been betrayed into his hands by an old servant of the Guru. He gave chase to Guru Gobind Singh and overtook him at <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Khidrana<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, modern <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Muktsar<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, in Faridkot district. But before he could attack him, he was confronted by a small hand of forty Sikhs<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. These were the same fourty Sikhs who had earlier desertrd the Guru and renounced being Sikhs. Their wives and families had heaped ridicule upon them and they had now saved their Guru and died as Martyrs</ins>. The forty fell fighting to a man. Wazir Khan's troops, worn out by long marches through a waterless tract, retreated.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">WAZIRKHAN, NAWAB </del>(d. 1710), a resident of Kuhjpura, near <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>Karnal, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>now in Haryana, was the faujdar of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>Sirhind under the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mughals </del>in the opening years of the eighteenth century. The hill chiefs who held territories in the Sivalik ranges often sought his help against <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>Guru Gobind Singh, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>then living in their midst at Anandpur. In August of 1700 they invested <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>Anandpur, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>but found the defences impregnable. Later, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>Guru <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>Gobind Singh moved to a site 4 km south of Kiratpur. By this time a contingent of troops sent by Wazir Khan from <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>Sirhind at the rajas' requestjoined their forces. A fresh attack was mounted. The encounter that ensued is known as the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">battle </del>of Nirmohgarh. It lasted a whole week and Wazir Khan's troops used even cannon fire. On 14 October 1700, however, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>Guru <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>Gobind Singh and his <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>Sikhs <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>broke the cordon and crossed the Sutlej into Basoli, a small friendly state. The imperial troops retired to Sirhind.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''Nawab Wazir Khan'''</ins>(d. 1710), a resident of Kuhjpura, near <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Karnal<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, now in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Haryana<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, was the faujdar of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Sirhind<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>under the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Mughal]]s </ins>in the opening years of the eighteenth century. The hill chiefs who held territories in the Sivalik ranges often sought his help against <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Guru Gobind Singh<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, then living in their midst at Anandpur. In August of 1700 they invested <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Anandpur<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, but found the defences impregnable. Later, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Guru Gobind Singh<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins> moved to a site 4 km south of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Kiratpur<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>. By this time a contingent of troops sent by Wazir Khan from <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Sirhind<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>at the rajas' requestjoined their forces. A fresh attack was mounted. The encounter that ensued is known as the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Battle </ins>of Nirmohgarh<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>. It lasted a whole week and Wazir Khan's troops used even cannon fire. On 14 October 1700, however, Guru Gobind Singh and his Sikhs broke the cordon and crossed the Sutlej into Basoli, a small friendly state. The imperial troops retired to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Sirhind<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Guru Gobind Singh soon returned to Anandpur and spent the next few years in comparative peace. In the winter of 1704, Ajmer Chand <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ofKahlur </del>waited upon Emperor Aurangzib in the Deccan and secured from him orders for his deputies at Lahore and Sirhind to launch an expedition against Guru Gobind Singh. Wazir Khan advanced from Sirhind and Zabardast Khan came from Lahore, the two meeting at Ropar, where they were joined by the hill rajas. A direct assault on Anandpur proving ineffective, they laid siege to the town and its protective fortresses, but were not able to force surrender. Wazir Khan had recourse to a ruse. He sent messengers to Guru Gobind Singh, assuring him, on solemn oath, safe conduct if he would evacuate the town. But no sooner had the Guru left Anandpur, during the night of 56 December 1705, than Wazir Khan set out in hot pursuit. Severe fighting took place on the bank of the rivulet Sarsa, which was unexpectedly in spate. The Guru succeeded in crossing the river, and, accompanied by his two elder sons and forty Sikhs, reached Chamkaur where he stopped in a large vacant house. Wazir Khan, receiving reinforcements from Malerkotia, closely encircled Chamkaur. In the battle that raged throughout the following day, 7 December 1705, most of the Sikhs along with the Guru's two sons were killed. The remaining five entreated the Guru to withdraw to be able to reassemble the survivors of Sarsa and other followers. Guru Gobind Singh escaped through the besieging host in to the interior of the semidesert region of Malva. Wazir Khan returned to Sirhind where he ordered the execution of Guru Gobind Singh's two younger sons, aged nine and seven, who had been betrayed into his hands by an old servant of the Guru. He gave chase to Guru Gobind Singh and overtook him at Khidrana, modern Muktsar, in Faridkot district. But before he could attack him, he was confronted by a small hand of forty Sikhs. The forty fell fighting to a man. Wazir Khan's troops, worn out by long marches through a waterless tract, retreated.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Guru Gobind Singh soon returned to Anandpur and spent the next few years in comparative peace. In the winter of 1704, Ajmer Chand <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of Kahlur </ins>waited upon Emperor Aurangzib in the Deccan and secured from him orders for his deputies at Lahore and Sirhind to launch an expedition against Guru Gobind Singh. Wazir Khan advanced from Sirhind and Zabardast Khan came from Lahore, the two meeting at Ropar, where they were joined by the hill rajas. A direct assault on Anandpur proving ineffective, they laid siege to the town and its protective fortresses, but were not able to force surrender. Wazir Khan had recourse to a ruse. He sent messengers to Guru Gobind Singh, assuring him, on solemn oath, safe conduct if he would evacuate the town. But no sooner had the Guru left Anandpur, during the night of 56 December 1705, than Wazir Khan set out in hot pursuit. Severe fighting took place on the bank of the rivulet Sarsa, which was unexpectedly in spate. The Guru succeeded in crossing the river, and, accompanied by his two elder sons and forty Sikhs, reached Chamkaur where he stopped in a large vacant house. Wazir Khan, receiving reinforcements from Malerkotia, closely encircled Chamkaur. In the battle that raged throughout the following day, 7 December 1705, most of the Sikhs along with the Guru's two sons were killed. The remaining five entreated the Guru to withdraw to be able to reassemble the survivors of Sarsa and other followers. Guru Gobind Singh escaped through the besieging host in to the interior of the semidesert region of Malva. Wazir Khan returned to Sirhind where he ordered the execution of Guru Gobind Singh's two younger sons, aged nine and seven, who had been betrayed into his hands by an old servant of the Guru. He gave chase to Guru Gobind Singh and overtook him at Khidrana, modern Muktsar, in Faridkot district. But before he could attack him, he was confronted by a small hand of forty Sikhs. The forty fell fighting to a man. Wazir Khan's troops, worn out by long marches through a waterless tract, retreated.</div></td></tr>
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WAZIRKHAN, NAWAB (d. 1710), a resident of Kuhjpura, near Karnal, now in Haryana, was the faujdar of Sirhind under the Mughals in the opening years of the eighteenth century. The hill chiefs who held territories in the Sivalik ranges often sought his help against Guru Gobind Singh, then living in their midst at Anandpur. In August of 1700 they invested Anandpur, but found the defences impregnable. Later, Guru Gobind Singh moved to a site 4 km south of Kiratpur. By this time a contingent of troops sent by Wazir Khan from Sirhind at the rajas' requestjoined their forces. A fresh attack was mounted. The encounter that ensued is known as the battle of Nirmohgarh. It lasted a whole week and Wazir Khan's troops used even cannon fire. On 14 October 1700, however, Guru Gobind Singh and his Sikhs broke the cordon and crossed the Sutlej into Basoli, a small friendly state. The imperial troops retired to Sirhind.<br />
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Guru Gobind Singh soon returned to Anandpur and spent the next few years in comparative peace. In the winter of 1704, Ajmer Chand ofKahlur waited upon Emperor Aurangzib in the Deccan and secured from him orders for his deputies at Lahore and Sirhind to launch an expedition against Guru Gobind Singh. Wazir Khan advanced from Sirhind and Zabardast Khan came from Lahore, the two meeting at Ropar, where they were joined by the hill rajas. A direct assault on Anandpur proving ineffective, they laid siege to the town and its protective fortresses, but were not able to force surrender. Wazir Khan had recourse to a ruse. He sent messengers to Guru Gobind Singh, assuring him, on solemn oath, safe conduct if he would evacuate the town. But no sooner had the Guru left Anandpur, during the night of 56 December 1705, than Wazir Khan set out in hot pursuit. Severe fighting took place on the bank of the rivulet Sarsa, which was unexpectedly in spate. The Guru succeeded in crossing the river, and, accompanied by his two elder sons and forty Sikhs, reached Chamkaur where he stopped in a large vacant house. Wazir Khan, receiving reinforcements from Malerkotia, closely encircled Chamkaur. In the battle that raged throughout the following day, 7 December 1705, most of the Sikhs along with the Guru's two sons were killed. The remaining five entreated the Guru to withdraw to be able to reassemble the survivors of Sarsa and other followers. Guru Gobind Singh escaped through the besieging host in to the interior of the semidesert region of Malva. Wazir Khan returned to Sirhind where he ordered the execution of Guru Gobind Singh's two younger sons, aged nine and seven, who had been betrayed into his hands by an old servant of the Guru. He gave chase to Guru Gobind Singh and overtook him at Khidrana, modern Muktsar, in Faridkot district. But before he could attack him, he was confronted by a small hand of forty Sikhs. The forty fell fighting to a man. Wazir Khan's troops, worn out by long marches through a waterless tract, retreated.<br />
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Wazir Khan felt especially perturbed when he learnt that Emperor Aurangzib's son and successor, Bahadur Shah, had turned friendly towards Guru Gobind Singh and that the two were travelling together towards the South. Alarmed at this development, he» hired two Pathans, one of them named Jamshaid Khan. secretly to finish off the Guru. The assassins got their chance at Nanded where, finding Guru Gobind Singh alone in his camp, one of them stabbed him twice in the abdomen. The Guru died of the wounds on 7 October 1708, but he had already despatched to the Punjab Banda Singh Bahadur, newly converted to the Sikh faith, to chastise the persecutors.<br />
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Banda Singh Bahadur, joined shortly after his arrival in the southern Punjab by armed Sikhs from far and near, ransacked Samana, Ghuram and ChhatBanur. His next target was Sirhind. Wazir Khan, on his part, proclaimed jihad, and mustered a strong force. A fierce action took place at Chappar Chiri, near presentday Chandigarh, on 12 May 1710. In the daylong battle, Wazir Khan was killed and his army completely routed.</div>Hpt lucky