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One wonders how all of the sudden, the Qazi is praising Sikhs and takes his insulting remarks back. It wasn’t simply the bravery of the Sikhs which changed his perspective because he had already witnessed it when he first entered Punjab. What changed his mind was his personal experience with the Sikhs. It happened when the Afghan army was resting at a place and preparing to fight the Sikhs. Qazi Noor Mohammad was taking a walk and wandering just outside the circles of the pitched tents when he noticed that a small group of Sikhs appeared on the scene and were getting ready for a guerilla attack. Qazi Noor Mohammad quickly hid himself in the bushes and started observing the Sikhs. Shouting “Sat Sri Akal” Sikhs withdrew their swords and attacked the first tent. As soon as they entered, all of the Sikhs just froze with their swords still in the air. To their surprise they had entered the tent of Muslim women. All of the women (as described by Qazi) were most beautiful, wearing gold, diamonds and pearls. Qazi thought these “kafirs” (Sikhs) would not spare any woman and their dishonor was a sure thing. On the other hand, the Sikhs put the swords back in the sheaths and their jathedar said, “Khalsa Ji, this is the tent for women. Let’s go from here and attack the army. No woman is to be touched.” Saying this, the Sikhs exited the tent leaving women unharmed and attacked the next tent. In no time, they killed many of the Afghans and took away ammunitions and rations. By the time the rest of the army arrived the Sikhs had disappeared in thick jungle. Everyone was left dumbfounded.

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Beautiful an very inspiring post. We need to teach the youth these stories and truths from a very early age. Sometimes, what happens is, that the intimate details are missed out. So youth simply remember, Muslims came to kill us and we killed them. Which is true but this breeds alot of hate and prejudism against Muslims. We should teach how our ancestors hated NOBODY, and fighted out of justice and in belief of what was morally right.

The astonishing courage and good values of our ancestors seem incredible, what those same morals and values are in our blood. We need to bring these out and ask for forgiveness from all the years of ignoring and going against our MOST BASIC VALUES.

Brilliant post, thank you for sharing such valuable knowledge.

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those same morals and values are in our blood. We need to bring these out and ask for forgiveness from all the years of ignoring and going against our MOST BASIC VALUES.

I don't know if they are in our blood but I agree with your sentiment. Someone in another thread pointed the disgraceful abuse of lower castes and Biharis by Sikhs in the Panjab. This includes verbally, physical and sexual abuse. Maybe we should start by shining light there?

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those same morals and values are in our blood. We need to bring these out and ask for forgiveness from all the years of ignoring and going against our MOST BASIC VALUES.

I don't know if they are in our blood but I agree with your sentiment. Someone in another thread pointed the disgraceful abuse of lower castes and Biharis by Sikhs in the Panjab. This includes verbally, physical and sexual abuse. Maybe we should start by shining light there?

I do agree with what you say, and totally agree that it is unacceptable and an utter disgrace. But, you put your finger on such a small topic that is WRONG and the work of a FEW. We should not forget this but we should not reflect the wrong doings of a few and project them on a whole population.

Agreed, this is something that needs to be addressed, but why focus entirely on a RELATIVLY small issue, when we have such larger and more widespread topics that effects our WHOLE population?

This happens alot in society in general, we continue to magnify the small issues when we have the biggest issues ignored and disregarded. I think its a technique used by people who are above us in the hierachy, they teach us to do this, so that their biggest crimes against us are never mentioned or addressed.

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Even though so called baba ahmed shah abdali "king of afghanistan and pathan clans" came time and time again to exterminate the Sikhs he couldnt accomplish his goal. During his last invasion of northern indian subcontinent... he was camping in Punjab and a Sikh almost succeded in assasinating him after evading all of his secruity at that point he left for afghanistan having failed his goal to kill off all the Sikhs and having to put down a rebellian back in his own land by the tribes.

Sikhs of today need to take lessons from Sikh history and carry out jusfitied attacks on the terrorist criminals who murdered so many innocent Sikhs...... juileo riberio, KPS gill, general brar, tytler and sajjan kumar

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Even though so called baba ahmed shah abdali "king of afghanistan and pathan clans" came time and time again to exterminate the Sikhs he couldnt accomplish his goal. During his last invasion of northern indian subcontinent... he was camping in Punjab and a Sikh almost succeded in assasinating him after evading all of his secruity at that point he left for afghanistan having failed his goal to kill off all the Sikhs and having to put down a rebellian back in his own land by the tribes.

Have you got any reliable source for this? It is the first time I have heard it. Be careful to make sure what you are saying is true because i noticed some "people seem to have no problem repeating stuff without a shred of evidence that it is true. Anything based on falsehood will fall over eventually.

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What Changed Qazi Noor Mohammad's Mind?

Qazi Noor Mohammad's name is well known in Sikh history due to his eye witness account of Sikhs fighting Abdali and giving him crushing defeat in 1765. He came with Abdali from Afghanistan to India. He was a fanatic Muslim engrossed in religious animosity and bigotry. He hated all non-Muslims and spewed his hatred towards those who opposed the tyrant Muslim rule. He wrote about the Sikhs using most hateful and insulting words he could find in a language. Even then he couldn't keep away from mentioning Sikhs' bravery. He writes:

"When they take up a musket in hand at the time of battle, they come to the field fiercely springing and roaring like lions and immediately split many a breast and make they blood of many others spill in the dust. You may say that this musket was invented by these dogs (Sikhs). Though guns are possessed in large numbers by others, yet nobody knows them better. These bad-tempered people discharge hundreds of bullets on the enemy on the right and left and in front and on the back. If you disbelieve in what I say, enquire from the brave warriors who will tell you more than what I have said and would have nothing but praise for their art of war. The witness of my statement are those thirsty thousand heroes who fought with them."

In the above quotes, he calls Sikhs "dogs" and doesn't even consider them moral human beings. He calls them brave because only thirty Sikhs fought against thirty thousand Pathans yet he doesn't show any likeness towards the Sikhs. Then something happens and he writes:

"Do not call the Sikhs dogs, because they lions and are brave like lions in the battlefield. How can a hero of the battle who fights like a lion be a dog? If you cherish the desire to learn the art of war; come before them in the field. They will show you such wonderful feats of war. O, Swordsman! if you want to learn the modes of fighting, learn from them how to face the foe like a hero and how to come unscathed from the battle. You may be knew that their title is Singh and it is injustice to call them dogs. O, youth! If you are ignorant of the Hindi language (I can tell you that) the meaning of Singh is lion."

One wonders how all of the sudden, the Qazi is praising Sikhs and takes his insulting remarks back. It wasn't simply the bravery of the Sikhs which changed his perspective because he had already witnessed it when he first entered Punjab. What changed his mind was his personal experience with the Sikhs. It happened when the Afghan army was resting at a place and preparing to fight the Sikhs. Qazi Noor Mohammad was taking a walk and wandering just outside the circles of the pitched tents when he noticed that a small group of Sikhs appeared on the scene and were getting ready for a guerilla attack. Qazi Noor Mohammad quickly hid himself in the bushes and started observing the Sikhs. Shouting "Sat Sri Akal" Sikhs withdrew their swords and attacked the first tent. As soon as they entered, all of the Sikhs just froze with their swords still in the air. To their surprise they had entered the tent of Muslim women. All of the women (as described by Qazi) were most beautiful, wearing gold, diamonds and pearls. Qazi thought these "kafirs" (Sikhs) would not spare any woman and their dishonor was a sure thing. On the other hand, the Sikhs put the swords back in the sheaths and their jathedar said, "Khalsa Ji, this is the tent for women. Let's go from here and attack the army. No woman is to be touched." Saying this, the Sikhs exited the tent leaving women unharmed and attacked the next tent. In no time, they killed many of the Afghans and took away ammunitions and rations. By the time the rest of the army arrived the Sikhs had disappeared in thick jungle. Everyone was left dumbfounded.

Qazi Noor Mohammad was so impressed by the character and valor of the Sikhs that he showered words of praise about them in his work. He called them true Singhs not "dogs" and considered them the true rulers of Punjab. He is astonished by the fact that there is not a single thief in their group nor is there anyone who commits adultery and takes intoxicants. They have no greed for gold, diamonds and money. They are not appeased by worldly pleasures and they consider no one their "own" enemy. They respect all women alike. Every Sikh used to call a woman "buddhi" (old aged woman) regardless of her age. This shows why Sikhs were praised even by their worst enemy. It was their character, bravery, honesty and most important of all faithfulness to Gurmat (path of the Guru) that earned them the respect. As long as Sikhs live by the principles of Sikhi, they will be praised by the entire world and one day will establish true 'halemi raaj' and guide the humanity to the path of ultimate peace. May Guru Sahib be forever on their side. Guru Rakha

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You can read a translation of jang nama by Ganda Singh here:

http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPageContent.jsp?ID=3079&CategoryID=1&page=1&Searched=W3GX

You may need to sign up, but it is free (for a while anyway).

Jang namah is the diary kept by the qazi that accompanied Abdali in his invasion.

This translation is a bit dated and a fresher one can be found in Grewal and Habib's (Eds.) Sikh history from Persian sources.

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