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Guru Arjan
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The fifth Guru of Sikhism (1563-1606)
Key facts
- Title
- 5th Guru of Sikhism
- Born
- 15 April 1563, Goindwal , Lahore Subah , Mughal Empire , (present-day Tarn Taran district , Punjab , India )
- Died
- 30 May 1606 (1606-05-30) (aged 43) , Lahore , Lahore Subah, Mughal Empire , (present-day Punjab , Pakistan )
- Cause of death
- Execution
- Resting place
- Gurdwara Dera Sahib , Walled City of Lahore
- Spouse
- Mata Ram Dei, Mata Ganga
- Children
- Guru Hargobind
- Parent s
- Guru Ram Das and Mata Bhani
- Known for
- Building the Harmandir Sahib Founding Taran Taran Sahib city Compiling the Adi Granth and installing them in Harmandir Sahib Founding Kartarpur, Jalandhar city Composing fifth hymn of Kirtan Sohila Writing Sukhmani Sahib Writing the Prichhia, a prose work
- Other names
- Fifth Master , Fifth Nanak
- Religion
- Sikhism
- Based in
- Amritsar (1581–1606)
- Period in office
- 1581–1606
- Predecessor
- Guru Ram Das
- Successor
- Guru Hargobind
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Goindwal Sahib
- Place of death
- Lahore
- Child
- Guru Hargobind
- Father
- Guru Ram Das
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- Sikh guru
- Image
- Guru Arjan.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1563-04-15
- date of death
- 1606-05-30
- manner of death
- capital punishment
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Encyclopedic overview
Guru Arjan (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਅਰਜਨ, pronunciation: [gʊɾuː əɾd͡ʒənᵊ]; 15 April 1563 – 30 May 1606) was the fifth of the ten Sikh Gurus. He compiled the first official edition of the Sikh scripture called the Adi Granth, which later expanded into the Guru Granth Sahib. He is regarded as the first of the two Gurus martyred in the Sikh faith. He is credited for founding the settlements of Kartarpur (Jalandhar district), Hargobindpur, and Tarn Taran.
Guru Arjan was born in Goindval, in the Punjab, the youngest son of Bhai Jetha, who later became Guru Ram Das, and Mata Bhani, the daughter of Guru Amar Das. He completed the construction of the Darbar Sahib at Amritsar, after the fourth Sikh Guru, his father, had founded the town and built a sarovar. Arjan compiled the hymns of previous Gurus and of other saints into the Adi Granth, the first edition of the Sikh scripture, and installed it in the Harimandir Sahib.
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