Birth Mata Sahib Kaur Ji

Mata Sahib Kaur a follower of the tenth Sikh Guru Gobind Singh. Born Sahib Devan, she was the daughter of Ramu of Rohtas distt. Jhelum. Mata Sahib Kaur Ji was born in 1681 and was offered to be a bride of Guru Gobind Singh Ji by her father Bhai Rama Ji, a devout Nanak Naam Leva Sikh in 1770. Guru Gobind Singh Ji upon hearing the wish of the Sikhs of Rohtas to accept Mata Sahib Deva as his bride reminded them that he had vowed to renunciate the life of a married man upon the passing of Mata Jeeto Ji, however on the love filled insistence of the sangat Guru Gobind Singh Ji agreed on two terms, 1) That his relationship with Mata Sahib Deva would be of a spiritual nature and not physical and 2) Mata Sahib Deva would have to take Amrit citation needed. The sangat rejoiced at the news and the Anand Karaj was preformed after Mata Ji's baptism. It was some time after their marriage that Mata Sahib Kaur Ji was declared as the mother of all the baptised Sikhs (the Khalsa), as she wished to have a child of her own, to which the Guru answered and fulfilled her wish by placing the holy Khalsa in her lap. During the battle of Anandpur Sahib Mata Sahib Kaur Ji was split from the holy family of the tenth Guru during the siege of Fort Keshgarh where along with Mata Sundari Ji they were escorted to safety to Sri Damdama Sahib by Bhai Sahib Bhai Mani Singh Ji Shaheed.