"Extremely Stupid Guidelines": On The Development of Historical Questions Around Guru Tegh Bahadur’s Martyrdom
In 1675, Mughal authorities beheaded Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru and, today, the martyrdom has become a highly contested historical question within scholarly circles. This article investigates the emergence of the event as a historical question and how the emphasis of historical fact-find...
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2024
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2024, Volume: 92, Issue: 2, Pages: 354-376 |
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