Horses Used By The Sikhs

[Singh559]

http://www.lrgaf.org.../lahore-war.htm

Goosebumps. We have a lot of work to do.

Another article by Majid Sheikh on the horse:

http://www.lrgaf.org...nakkaskhana.htm

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History of Sri Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji with a good bit of points related to further establishing the deep relationship of the horse with the Sikhs.

http://www.sikhs.org/guru6.htm

edit- Found some interesting original prints of horses in India (some of Sikhs) on an Amazon channel:

http://www.amazon.co...ikh+horse&ajr=0

Some books that may be of interest:

http://www.amazon.co...31371393&sr=8-3

http://www.amazon.co...31371377&sr=8-2

[Singh559]

Some interesting quotes used in The great gurus of the Sikhs, Volume 1 By O. P. Ralhan

Singh, any chance you have a .pdf version of this book?

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Just finished reading this encyclopedia yesterday. Uploaded it onto scribd so anyone can view it. It's a relatively old book, but contains great information. Of course there is a lot of history missing (and some is biased, especially when talking about Native American horse riding skills) and unfortunately only the Marwari horse is mentioned in India. Just goes to show we have a long ways to go to reestablish these breeds.

http://www.scribd.co...ia-of-the-Horse

[Singh559]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151381236795131&set=a.10150104139220131.393535.544670130&type=1

Taken by Sodhi Singh from facebook:

[chatanga]

There is a bit of confusion, on whether MRS actually got the prized horse he was after. As no-one from the Lahore Darbar had never seen the horse, it was said that the pathans gave another quality horse, caliming it to be the original horse, so they could get freed.

Also the horse was called Laelee, a feminine name, which suggests the horse was not a stallion as has been painted, but actually a mare.

I will have a re-read of my books later and refresh myself on this.

[Singh559]

There is a bit of confusion, on whether MRS actually got the prized horse he was after. As no-one from the Lahore Darbar had never seen the horse, it was said that the pathans gave another quality horse, caliming it to be the original horse, so they could get freed.

Also the horse was called Laelee, a feminine name, which suggests the horse was not a stallion as has been painted, but actually a mare.

I will have a re-read of my books later and refresh myself on this.

Yeah, I read about this as well. Whatever it is, it's still an amazing read and even the stallion given to Maharaja Ranjit Singh must have been exceptional.

May have been the actual stallion, who knows.

[chatanga]

ive forgotten how to upload photos. i cant see anything to help me. howq do you do it?

[West London Singh]

Also the horse was called Laelee, a feminine name, which suggests the horse was not a stallion as has been painted, but actually a mare.

The actual name of the horse was 'asp-e-Laila' . Asp is the Farsi word for 'horse' and as we Sikhs know the prefix 'e' in the middle of 2 words, as in 'shere-e-punjab' means 'of'...as in lion of punjab. Thus, the name of the horse translates as 'horse of laila'...i.e 'Laila's horse'. It was indeed a stallion.

[chatanga]

how do you upload photos here, i will post a full photo.

here is the hukumnama by Bhai Daya Singh :

•rhqnwmw BweI dXw isMG jI dw

•is~K GoVy Aor SsqR dI swr rKy

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•Rehitnama of Bhai Daya Singh:

•A Sikh must have knowledge of horses and weapons.

[zoltansingh]

I doubt the pathans could have conned an equine expert like Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

He had an eye for a good horse. Conning him with a horse would be like me trying to pass off say Frank Bruno as Cassius Clay with Angelo Dundee.

[Singh559]

ive forgotten how to upload photos. i cant see anything to help me. howq do you do it?

Click add reply and look at the bottom of the white text box, you will see a paper clip with "Attach files". Click choose file and choose the picture and hit attach the file and hit post once it's finished uploading.

That or upload it to imageshack.us and paste the direct link here.

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The first thing I do now that I got on the computer is view this thread. lol