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{{Short description|Historical text of Sikhism}}
'''''Sau Sakhi''''' ([[Literal translation|lit.]] '''''Hundred Sakhi'''''), also known as '''''Guru Ratan Mal''''',<ref>{{cite book |author1=W. H. McLeod |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Sikhs_of_the_Khalsa/HIrXAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=sau+sakhi&dq=sau+sakhi&printsec=frontcover |title=Sikhs of the Khalsa A History of the Khalsa Rahit |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195659160 |pages=139}}</ref> is a collection of hundred [[sakhi]]s traditionally attributed to Bhai Ram Kanwar, a descendant of [[Baba Buddha]] who had dictated it to scribe Sahib Singh.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Max Arthur Macauliffe |title=The Sikh Religion Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781108055475 |pages=137 , 138}}</ref> Sau Sakhi has multiple perspectives, with its authenticity being debated. The text is held high in regard by the [[Namdhari]] and the [[Nihang]]s. The text was originally titled '''''Panj Sau Sakhi''''' (lit. '''''Five Hundred Sakhis'''''), but was later divided into five parts with each part being known as ''Sau Sakhi''. The existence of a text called ''Panj Sau Sakhi'' was unknown until a manuscript was discovered in 1815 at [[Thanesar]] and presented to Amar Singh Singhpuria. The text, a combination of Hindi for [[prose]] and Punjabi for verse,<ref>{{cite book |author1=Harbans Singh |title=The Encyclopaedia of Sikhism: S-Z |publisher=Punjabi University |isbn=9788173805301 |pages=81}}</ref> was written in {{Circa|1724|1734}}. Some parts of the original Sau Sakhi have been lost; the text has been [[Interpolation|interpolated]] and [[Data corruption|corrupted]]. However, later interpolations were easily decipherable. One version of the text prophesied the rule of the [[Sikh Empire]] over the Indian subcontinent about a year after this version was revealed; the Sikh Empire was defeated by the [[East India Company]] in the [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]], and the empire ceased to exist. Later versions prophesied an invasion from the [[Russian Empire]], leading to the downfall of the British. Another version prophesizes that [[Ram Singh Kuka]] will conquer all of the Punjab and establish Namdhari rule. Sir Attar Singh of Bhadaur translated the book to English in 1873 and published it in [[Varanasi]]. Several versions were published after 1890 in Punjabi, with almost all of them contradicting each other. [[Nihang]]s look forward to the revival of Khalsa rule and the [[Namdhari]]s.<ref>{{cite book |author1=J. S. Grewal |title=The Sikhs of the Punjab Volumes 2-3 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |pages=142 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Sikhs_of_the_Punjab/2_nryFANsoYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=sau+sakhi&pg=PA142&printsec=frontcover |language=English}}</ref> The British published their own versions during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Revolt of 1857]], which prophesied an alliance between Sikhs and the British and both of them capturing Delhi together. The Sikhs were the main component of the Britsh army, which assaulted Delhi.<ref>Nayyar, G.S., ed., Gur Ratan Mal : Sau Sakhi, Patiala, 1985</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=NOT A NICE MAN TO KNOW The Best of Khushwant Singh |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |isbn=9789351182788 |pages=142}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SAU SAKHI |url=https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/sikh-scriptures-and-literature/eighteenth-century-literature/sau-sakhi/ |website=thesikhencylopedia |access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref>

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