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SIKH SECTS OR DENOMINATIONS
XXI 18th.
349
Bhai.—Literally, brother. The ordinary title who have acquired a name for holiness;
of all Sikhs
and it is scarcely the distinctive title of a sect, or even of an order.
To these may perhaps be added bodies of men who attach themselves to particular temples, or who claim to have been founded by particular disciples of eminence, or by followers who obtained any distinctive title from a Guru. Thus some claim to represent Ram Das, the companion of Nanak, who lived till the time of Arjun, and who obtained the title of 'Budha', or Ancient. Also many hereditary musicians call themselves Rahahi Sikhs, from the Rabab, or particular instrument on which they play; and these affect to regard Mardana, the companion of Nanak, as their founder. Others are called Diwane, or the Simple or Mad, from one assiduous as a collector of the contributions of the faithful fop the service of the Gurus, and who, while so employed, placed a peacock's feather in his turban. Another class is called Musaddi (or, perhaps, Mutasaddi, i.e. the clerk or writer order), and it is stated to be composed of devotees of the Muhammadan religion, who have adopted the 'Jap' of Nanak as their rule of faith. The Musaddis are further said to have fixed abodes in the countries westward of the Indus.
APPENDIX XXIII
THE TREATY WITH LAHORE OF 1806 Treaty oj Friendship and Unity between the Honourable East India Company and the Sardars Ranjit Singh and Fateh Singh. (1st January 1806.)
Sardar Ranjit Singh and Sardar Fateh Singh have consented to the following articles of agreement, concluded by Lieutenant-Colonel John Malcolm, under the special authority of the Right Honourable Lord Lake, himself duly authorized by the Honourable Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Bart., Governor-General, and Sardar Fateh Singh, as principal on the part of himself, and plenipotentiary on the part of Ranjit Singh :
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Article 1. Sardar Ranjit Singh and Sardar Faten Singh Ahluwalia, hereby agree that they will cause Jaswant Rao Holkar to remove with his army to the distance of thirty coss from Amritsar immediately, and
SIKH SECTS OR DENOMINATIONS
XXI 18th.
349
Bhai.—Literally, brother. The ordinary title who have acquired a name for holiness;
of all Sikhs
and it is scarcely the distinctive title of a sect, or even of an order.
To these may perhaps be added bodies of men who attach themselves to particular temples, or who claim to have been founded by particular disciples of eminence, or by followers who obtained any distinctive title from a Guru. Thus some claim to represent Ram Das, the companion of Nanak, who lived till the time of Arjun, and who obtained the title of 'Budha', or Ancient. Also many hereditary musicians call themselves Rahahi Sikhs, from the Rabab, or particular instrument on which they play; and these affect to regard Mardana, the companion of Nanak, as their founder. Others are called Diwane, or the Simple or Mad, from one assiduous as a collector of the contributions of the faithful fop the service of the Gurus, and who, while so employed, placed a peacock's feather in his turban. Another class is called Musaddi (or, perhaps, Mutasaddi, i.e. the clerk or writer order), and it is stated to be composed of devotees of the Muhammadan religion, who have adopted the 'Jap' of Nanak as their rule of faith. The Musaddis are further said to have fixed abodes in the countries westward of the Indus.
APPENDIX XXIII
THE TREATY WITH LAHORE OF 1806 Treaty oj Friendship and Unity between the Honourable East India Company and the Sardars Ranjit Singh and Fateh Singh. (1st January 1806.)
Sardar Ranjit Singh and Sardar Fateh Singh have consented to the following articles of agreement, concluded by Lieutenant-Colonel John Malcolm, under the special authority of the Right Honourable Lord Lake, himself duly authorized by the Honourable Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Bart., Governor-General, and Sardar Fateh Singh, as principal on the part of himself, and plenipotentiary on the part of Ranjit Singh :
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Article 1. Sardar Ranjit Singh and Sardar Faten Singh Ahluwalia, hereby agree that they will cause Jaswant Rao Holkar to remove with his army to the distance of thirty coss from Amritsar immediately, and
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