DUNI CHAND is described in Puratan Janam Sakhi as a Dhuppar Khatri of Lahore who held in the parganah the revenue rank of karori (lit. the holder of a karor or ten million). He was performing sraddha or anniversary feast for his deceased father when he learnt that the holy saint Guru Nanak had arrived in the city. He invited him to his house which displayed seven flags fastened upon the door top. Asked what these flags signified, Duni Chand proudly explained that they indicated the degree of his opulence, each flag denoting wealth worth a lac or a hundred thousand.
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IMAD USSAADAT, a chronicle in Persian, composed at the instance of Col. John Baillie, British Resident at Lucknow, by Ghulam `All Naqyi, of Rac Barcli, in 1808 containing accounts of the Nawabs of Oudh from Saadat Khan to Saadat `All Khan. besides those of the Marathas, the Ruhilas, the Afghans, the Jals and the Sikhs. The book was lithographed at the Nawal Kishore Press of Kanpur in 1864. The manuscript in the Oriental Public Library, Patna, comprising 151 large sized folios with 21 lines to a page, and written in nastaliq, is broken up into sections with subject headings given in red.
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NIRANJANIE, also called Handalie, was an heretic cult rounded by Handal (1573-1646) of Jandiala in Amritsar district, a former follower of Sultan SakhT Sarwar, who became a Sikh in the time of GuruAmar Das. He served in the Guru ka Larigar. Pleased with his devotion, the Guru appointed him a preacher in his native Jandiala and the surrounding area. People admired him for his simple ways. Handal attracted many followers. But as time passed, he grew very vain and appropriated unto himself the status of Guru and started calling himself Nirarijania, i.e. one who had overcome his illusion.
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