Mohkam Singh

Bhai
Mohkam Singh
Ji
ਮੋਹਕਮ ਸਿੰਘ
Mohkam Singh, one of the inaugural/original Panj Pyare, depicted in an old Sikh fresco from inside an abandoned Sikh samadhi located in Kot Fateh Khan, Attock, Punjab, Pakistan
Panj Pyare
In office
1699–1708
Personal
Born
Mohkam Chand Chhimba

1663
Dwarka (present-day Gujarat, India)
Died7 December 1704 or 1705 (aged 43 or 44)
Chamkaur, Punjab, India
Cause of deathKilled in action
ReligionSikhism
Parents
  • Tirath Chand (father)
  • Devi Bai (mother)
Known forMember of the original, inaugural Panj Pyare; was the second or fourth to answer the call by the Guru for a head
OccupationTailor, printer of cloth
Organization
InstituteKhalsa
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Mohkam Singh (Punjabi: ਮੋਹਕਮ ਸਿੰਘ (Gurmukhi); 6 June 1663 – 7 December 1704 or 1705), born Mohkam Chand[1] (his given name is also transliterated as Muhkam or Mohkhum), was one of the inaugural group of Panj Pyare, or the first Five Beloved of honoured memory in the Sikh tradition.[2]

  1. ^ Tyagi, Vidya Prakash (2009). Martial races of undivided India. Delhi: Gyan Publishing House. p. 173. ISBN 978-81-7835-775-1. OCLC 428923102.
  2. ^ Singh, Jaspal; Singh, Darshan (2021). "Ethical Concepts in Guru Granth Sahib". Guru Granth Sahib: The Sikh Scripture. K.K. Publications. p. 62.