Jehengir's Eagle And Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji

[Davinder]

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I have recently heard from a friend that the wars between the mughals and Guru Hargobind Sahib Jee were triggered by the theft of Jehangir's eagle which the followers of Guru Ji took.....is this true?..please shed some light on this story sangat ji.

Khalsa Fateh

[ravindersidhu]

Guru sahib and Jahangir happened to be hunting in the area around Lahore,

and one of jahangir's hawk who was following a prey swayed away and fell in the hands of some sikhs, when the royal soldiers came to recover their hawk, the sikhs refused to return the hawk on account of the foul language and arrogant behavior of the army men.

you can read more here

http://allaboutsikhs.com/gurus/guruhargobindi2.htm

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[ms514]

Sat Sri Akal:

Emperor Shah Jahan went hunting from Lahore towards Amritsar. The Guru also went in the same direction. A clash took place between the Sikhs and the royal soldiers over the issue of a royal hawk. One of the royal hawks who was flying after a victim, strayed away and fell in the hands of the Sikhs. The royal soldiers came to recover the hawk but because of their arrogance and abusive language, the Sikhs refused to hand over the hawk and this started the trouble. The royal soldiers were driven away with a slaughter. They hastened back and reported to the Emperor about the seizer of the hawk and the violence of the Sikhs. The enemies of the Guru found a good opportunity to revive the charges against him and to remind the Emperor of Guru's alleged misdeeds.

http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/gurus/guruhargobindi2.htm#1

[Davinder]

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Thank you very much for replying and sharing that piece of history with us.

Khalsa Fateh