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Also known as Guru Arjun Dev, Guru Arjun, Guru Arjan Dev

The fifth Guru of Sikhism (1563-1606)

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Guru Arjan Dev Ji or Guru Arjun Dev Ji (born in Amritsar, Punjab, India on 15 April 1563 – 30 May 1606 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) was the fifth of the Eleven Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on 1 September 1581 following in the footsteps of Guru Ram Das. He was born at Goindval, and was the youngest of the sons of Guru Ram Das and Bibi Bhani, the daughter of Guru Amar Das[1]. Before his death, he nominated his son Har Gobind as the next Guru of the Sikhs. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Guru+A

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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

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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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