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History of the Sikhs

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In the book called the Guru Bilas eight Bhats only are enumerated, and all the names except Ball are different from those in the Granth. fictitious.
Supplement to the Granth 6th. 'Bhog ki Bani', or Epilogue or the Conclusion. comprises about 7 pages, and contains, first, some preliminary sloks, called 'Slok Mahal Pahla', or Hymn of the first Woman or Slave; secondly, Nanak's Admonition to Malhar Raja; thirdly, the 'Ratan Mala' of Nanak, i.e. the Rosary of Jewels, or string of (religious) worthies, which simply shows, however, what should be the true characteristics or qualities of religious devotees; and, fourthly, the 'Hakikat', or Circumstances of Sivnab, Raja of Ceylon, with reference to a Tothi' or sacred writing known as 'Pran Sangli'. This last is said to have been composed by one Bhai Bhannu in the time of Gobind. It
The Ratem Mala is said to have been
originally
written in Turki, or to have been abstracted from a
Turki original.
APPENDIX XVin THE DASWIN PADSHAH KA GRANTH, OR, BOOK OF THE TENTH KING, OR SOVEREIGN PONTIFF, THAT IS, OF GURU GOBIND SINGH

Note. Like the Adi Granth, the book of Gobind is metrical throughout, but the versification frequently varies. It is written in the Hindi dialect, and in the Punjabi character, excepting the concluding portion, the language of which is Persian, while the alphabet continues the Gurmukhi, The Hindi of Gobind is almost such as is spoken in the Gangetic provinces, and has few peculiarities of the Punjabi dialect. One chapter of the Book of the Tenth King may be considered to be narrative and historical, viz, the
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