Muslim- Sikh Rivalry

[the_kaur]

Re: Muslim- Sikh Rivalry

@muqawwee123

So what were the main incidents that transformed Sikhi from a reforming movement to militaristic kingdom. Was that a reaction of oppressed community?

During the mughal rule, no community was oppressed socially till the time of Auranzeb. The sant-sipahis were maintained since the time of Guru ArjanDev, fifth guru of sikhs but there was no direct confrontation with the mughal army. Though Dara shikoh also sought blessing of Guru Har rai, there was no involvement of Sikhs in mughals succession struggle ever.
Sant-siphi turned into Khalsa army during the time of Tenth guru, Guru GobindSingh, Kashmiri Pandits approached his father Guru Tegh Bahadur and asked for his protection from mughal governor wazir khan who is forcibly trying to convert Kashmiri Pandits to Islam, Guru went to see aurangzeb and wasn’t able to convince him instead Aurangzeb asked him to convert to Islam, not abiding this he was martyred by him, thus life long struggle between Guru Gobind singh and Mughals started.