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100			_aSingh, Khushwant.
245		0	_c/ Khushwant Singh. _aA History of the Sikhs. Volume 1, 1469–1839
250			_aSecond edition.
260			_aNew Delhi : _bOxford University Press , _c2004
300			_axiv, 434 p. : _billustrations, maps ; _c22 cm.
520			_aA History of the Sikhs. Volume 1: 1469–1839 is regarded as one of the most authoritative and comprehensive histories of Sikhism. Written by Khushwant Singh, the book traces the origin and development of the Sikh faith from the birth of Guru Nanak in 1469 to the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1839. Combining rigorous scholarship with an engaging narrative style, the author draws extensively on Persian, Gurmukhi, and English historical records to present a balanced account of the Sikh community's religious and political evolution. The volume explains the teachings of the ten Sikh Gurus, the compilation of the Guru Granth Sahib, and the transformation of the Sikhs from a peaceful religious community into the Khalsa, a disciplined military order established by Guru Gobind Singh. It examines the struggles between the Sikhs and the Mughal Empire, the invasions of Ahmad Shah Durrani, the rise of the Sikh misls, and the eventual establishment of the Sikh Empire under Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
650			_aPunjab (India)—History.
650			_aSikh Gurus.
650			_aSikhism—History.
650			_aSikhs—History.
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