Sketch Of The Sikhs

Malcolm,lieutenant Colonel · 1812 · Public domain (published pre-1930) · archive.org ↗

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2SKETCH OF THE SIKHS.

3•graft the resolute courage of the soldier on

4the enlhusiastio faitli of the devotee, to

5swear eternal war with the cruel and haughty

6hluhammedans, and to devote themselves

7to s/cel, as the only 'means of obtaining

8etery blessing that this world, or that to

9come, could afford to mortals.

10This was the doctrine of Giirti G6vind,

11the son of Tegh Behidur; who, though

12very young at Ids father’s death, had his

13mind imbued 'with the deepest horror at

14that event, and cherished a spirit of im-

15placable resentment against those whom he

16considered as his murderers. Devoting Ids

17life to this object, we 6nd him, when quite

18a j'outh, at the head of a large party of Ids

19followers, amid the lulls of Srinagar, where

20he gave proofs of. that ardent and daring

21mind, which afterwards raised him to such

22eminence. He was not, however, able to

23maintain himself against the prince of that

24country, with whom he had entered into

25hostihdes ; and, being obliged to leave it.

Sketch Of The Sikhs, p. 46 · Lahore Durbar Foundation