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6. Agampura ; from a vision revelation to Mata Jeeto there. 



7. Manjee Sahat ; the cot on which she sat to receive saluta- 

 tions. 



There is a melah or collection of pilgrims in the Holee. 



2. Dehra of Guroo Govind at Bangah. 



3. Jandpoor ; where he halted in his flight from Anandpoor. 



4. Macheewara ; where his Musalman friends, Nubee 'and Ghunee 

 Khans, saved his life, by disguising him. 



5. Naknour ; five kos from Ambalah, where he fled from Macheewara. 



6. Muktsar, in Malwah ; where he bathed and promised exemption 

 from transmigration to all his followers who did the like in faith. 



7. Damdama ; where he again took breath, and blest the place as 

 learning-inspiring, calling it his Benares, where the greatest dunces 

 should become scholars. 



At the present day the best writers of the Gurmukhee character are 

 at Damdama, which belongs to the Shaheed family. 



8. Kapal Mochan, near Belaspoor. This is a great place of Hindoo 

 pilgrimage. 



9. Nanheree, near Ambalah. 



10. Pa'unte Sahat, across the Ganges. 



11. Patna; where he was born. 



12. Abjal Nagar; where he died, (in the Deccan). There is a melah 

 on the Buddee, 5 th of Besak. 



There is a Derah of Jeet Sing and Jazar Singh at Chamkour, where 

 these sons of Guroo Govind were killed by the Musalmans. 



The Derah of his two other sons, Fatteh Singh and Zorawar, is at 

 Sarhind, where they were built alive into a wall by the Musalmans. 



Sarhind is called by the Sikhs, Fattehgurh ; from Fatteh Singh being 

 killed there. They also call it Phit moonhe (spit in the face,) and some- 

 times Ujar shahr, " the desolate city." 



The Derah of Mata Guzaree is near that of her Shahzada, grandsons ; 

 she fell down dead at the sight of the living wall. There is a melah 

 during the Holee. 



There is a shrine or Derah of Baba Sahat Singh, at Ambalah, who 

 was a Bedee Sikh ; who is called by some the 11th Guroo, and is said 

 to have caused the elevation of Ranjeet Singh by his blessing, and by 

 giving him his sword : he died eleven or twelve years ago, from grief at 



