Artifact
Hukamnamas of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji
Letters to congregations, some thanking them for offerings and commending the Sikhs who carried them.[EoS][Web][EoS]
- Date
- c. 1665-1675
- Held by
- Various, including the Dr Gurpal Singh Bhuller collection
- Location
- Dispersed. Takht Patna Sahib also holds some
- Provenance
- Attributed
- Status: Held
- The Sikh Museum site (copyright 2013) shows three letters to the Varanasi congregation from the Dr Gurpal Singh Bhuller collection. The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism (1992-98) says hukamnamas are kept at Takht Harmandir Sahib, Patna.
A separate anthology with a Devanagari transcription and English translation was published by Punjabi University in 1976.
Most of these are believed to be in Guru Ji's own hand. Letters of this period went as far east as Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet.
See it online
A hukamnama of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji said to have been sent to Patna when Guru Ji's son was born, and kept at Takht Harmandir Sahib. The source is a Flickr post.
Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji and his scribe, c. 1666-1667. Takht Harmandir Sahib, Patna (as stated on Commons). Public domain. Source
