
Published online:
18 February 2021
Published in print:
20 May 2021
Online ISBN:
9780197532874
Print ISBN:
9780197532843
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The Eighteenth-Century Background The Eighteenth-Century Background
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The Sikh Khalsa among Khalsas The Sikh Khalsa among Khalsas
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Ratan Singh Bhangu’s Panj Piare Ratan Singh Bhangu’s Panj Piare
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The Sin˙gh Sāgar The Sin˙gh Sāgar
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Santokh Singh’s Gur-Pratāp Sūraj Granth Santokh Singh’s Gur-Pratāp Sūraj Granth
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Chapter
5 The Five Adored in Early-Nineteenth-Century Sikh Literature
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Pages
87–116
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Published:February 2021
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Fenech, Louis E., 'The Five Adored in Early-Nineteenth-Century Sikh Literature', The Cherished Five in Sikh History (New York , 2021; online edn, Oxford Academic, 18 Feb. 2021), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197532843.003.0005, accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
This chapter begins with a summary of the early- to mid-eighteenth-century historical context, which was marked by a decline in the power and authority of the Mughal court and the gradual rise of Sikh power in the Punjab. It then moves on to examine the formation of the Panj Piare construct in the context of the rise of various armed ascetic movements in the late eighteenth century, many of which competed for resources with the various Khalsa Sikhs of the period. It ends by examining the origin story of the Five Beloved in early-nineteenth-century Sikh texts such as Gur-panth Prakāś, Siṅgh Sāgar, and the Sūraj Prakāś.
Keywords:
Suraj Prakash, Singh Sagar, Gur Panth Prakash, Panj Piare, Cherished Five, Guru Gobind Singh, gur-bilas, Koer Singh, Sukkha Singh, Ratan Singh Bhangu
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The Cherished Five in Sikh History. Louis E. Fenech, Oxford University Press (2021).
© Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197532843.003.0005.
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