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Guru Gobind Singh Ji's Hukamnama


ਆਪ ਵਿਚਿ ਪਿਆਰੁ ਕਰਣਾ, ਸੰਗਤਿ ਹਥੀਆਰ ਬੰਨਕੇ ਦਰਸਨ ਆਵਣਾ
Spread love amongst yourselves, and strap weapons on when arriving for Darshan
- Guru Gobind Singh, in a Hukamnama dated Feburary 6 1702 to the congregation Prayaga [Allahabad]
The 1st image is Guru Gobind Singh's si-khasat [short hand] calligraphy representing his signature. The number 5 (bottom left) relates to the request written in the Hukamnama by the scribe, requesting 5 gold coins. The hukamnama in the second image is from the hand of the scribe.