Later Mughals v1.c6.s15.17

v1.c6.s15.17

Har Rai had two sons, Ram Rai and Har Kishan. In selecting his successor, he passed over the elder son and transmitted his office to Har Kishan. Ram Rai, then a hostage in the custody of the Emperor Alamgir, resented this exclusion from the headship of the sect. He referred the question to the Emperor's decision. Har Kishan was summoned to Court, and had not been long at Dihli when he died from an attack of small-pox. This was in the year 1664. When his followers called on him to name his successor, he placed five pice and a cocoanut on the ground (the usual tokens of installation) and uttered the enigmatical declaration "Go, your Guru is in the village of Bakala." This village is near Kiratpur. [Mac. iv. 329.]