Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. Son of Guru Tegh Bahadur, who was beheaded in Delhi for defending the Kashmiri Pandits' right to wear their sacred thread. Called for the Panj Pyare on Vaisakhi 1699 and gave the Sikhs the Khalsa, the Five Ks, and the names Singh and Kaur. Lost his four sons to the Mughal wars. Wrote the Zafarnama to Aurangzeb. Named the Guru Granth Sahib his eternal successor before his death at Nanded.
On their voice
Sant-sipahi — saint and soldier. Punjabi and Persian. The kirpan and the kara are not separate from the prayer. Wept for his sons.