...This article outlines the history of Sikh migration from Punjab and the community’s settlement in different parts of India. It represents the home of three of the panj piareand houses two of the five Sikh takhats. The process stimulated dialogue with other Indian...

... masands Panj Piare Pañj Piāre Pañj Pyāre rāj karegā khālsā Jito Mata ammrit sanskār Anandpur chauhān chār sāhib zāde khaṇḍe kī pāhul khaṇḍe dī pāhul Aurangzeb Bahadar Shah Emperor Bhai Gurdas ‘Singh’ Chamkaur Battle of Daya Singh Panj Piara Dharam Singh Panj Piara Śahīd Sahib Singh Panj...

...The Cherished Five in Sikh History. Louis E. Fenech, Oxford University Press (2021). © Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197532843.003.0002. This chapter examines two facets of the Panj Piare narrative: the actual number and the names of the Panj Piare. The earliest evidence is very...

...The Cherished Five in Sikh History. Louis E. Fenech, Oxford University Press (2021). © Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197532843.003.0004. This chapter examines the Panj Piare narrative story in two separate texts, one from the middle of the eighteenth century, the Gur-bilas...

... will be generally pluralized according to the English standard s, excepting the terms Panj Piare. The organization will appear as Panj Piare while an individual from within that group will be referred to as a Panj Piara. In almost every instance, I have retained the original Punjabi/Gurmukhi spellings...

... order, Sikh naming practices, the turban as identity marker, scripture, official codes of conduct, institutional roles such as the panj piare (beloved five) as well as religio-cultural codes such as izzat (honour). The intersectionality of caste, socio-economic status...

... 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...

... themselves, this chapter examines why this connection was initially made and suggests reasons for why it ultimately fizzled as British power was beginning to be felt within the Punjab. Bhai Gurdas Bhalla Daya Singh Panj Piara Gur Sobhā Srī Guru Gobind Singh Khatris Panj Piare Pañj Piāre Pañj Pyāre...