The divine prophecy? Sikhs, British & Revolt of 1857
Dr Ganda Singh writes in Early European Accounts on Sikhs
It is ascribed to Guru Tegh Bahadur the ninth Guru, who is said to have told Emperor Aurangzeb in 1675 in answer to the charge of looking in the direction of the Imperial zenana: 'I was looking in the direction of the Europeans who are coming from beyond the seas to tear down thy pardas and destroy thine empire.' (Sikh Religion, preface, xviii.)
It has at times been said that this prophecy was the invention of some clever Englishman in 1857 to win over the Sikhs to the British side during the mutiny, when Bahadur Shah II, a descendant of Emperor Aurangzeb, was being raised to the throne of Hindusthan.
Dr Ganda Singh writes in Early European Accounts on Sikhs
It is ascribed to Guru Tegh Bahadur the ninth Guru, who is said to have told Emperor Aurangzeb in 1675 in answer to the charge of looking in the direction of the Imperial zenana: 'I was looking in the direction of the Europeans who are coming from beyond the seas to tear down thy pardas and destroy thine empire.' (Sikh Religion, preface, xviii.)
It has at times been said that this prophecy was the invention of some clever Englishman in 1857 to win over the Sikhs to the British side during the mutiny, when Bahadur Shah II, a descendant of Emperor Aurangzeb, was being raised to the throne of Hindusthan.
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