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Bibi Bhani was daughter
of Guru Amar Das, consort of Guru Ram
Das and mother of Guru Arjan Dev, was
born to Mata Mansa Devi on 21 Magh 1591
Bk/19 January 1535 at Basarke Gillan,
a village near Amritsar. She was married
on 18 February 1554 to Bhai Jetha (later
Guru Ram Das), a Sodhi Khatri belonging
to Lahore, then in Goindval rendering
voluntary service in the construction
of the Baoli Sahib. After marriage,
the couple remained in Goindval serving
the Guru. From Goindval Bhai Jetha was
deputed by the Guru to go and establish
a habitation (present-day Amritsar)
on a piece of land gifted, according
to one version, by Emperor Akbar to
Bibi Bhani at the time of his visit
to Guru Amar Das.
Three sons, Prith Chand (1558), Mahadev
(1560) and (Guru) Arjan Dev (1563) were
born to her. A popular anecdote mentioned
in old chronicles describes how devotedly
Bibi Bhani served her father. One morning,
it is said, as Guru Amar Das was absorbed
in meditation, Bibi Bhani noticed that
one of the legs of the low wooden seat
on which the Guru sat was about to give
way. she at once put forward her hand
to support the stool. As the Guru ended
his devotions, he discovered how her
hand was bleeding from the injury it
had sustained. He blessed her saying
that her progeny would inherit the guruship.
Bibi Bhani died at Goindval on 9 April
1598.
Bibi Bhani was mother of Guru Arjan
Dev, the Fifth Guru. Undoubtly Guru
Arjan Dev was brought up as model GurSikh.
Guru Arjan Dev was the first Sikh Martyr.
Guru Arjan Dev compiled Adi Granth by
collecting all the writings of gurus
before him and installed it at Golden
Temple, which is now The Guru Granth.
Guru Arjan Dev completed the construction
of Golden Temple.
Copyright © Harbans Singh "The
encyclopedia of Sikhism. Vol III."
pages 1 - 4
Bhalla, Sarup Das, Mahima Prakash. Patiala,
1971
Chhibbar, Kesar Singh, Bansavalinama
Dasan Patshahiali Ka. Chandigarh, 1972
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