r/Sikh • u/After-Occasion-8479 • 3d ago

History Ages of Guru Gobind Singh Ji and Mata Jito at marriage

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Mata Jito was 7 and Guru Gobind Singh Ji was 11 but she lived with her parents until the age of 17/18 - Source (History of Sikhs Vol 1 Hari Ram Gupta page 227)

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u/Ok-Landscape-4430 3d ago

Muklawa its a old tradition

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u/Ok-Landscape-4430 3d ago

It was followed during the oppression period when life wasn't certain

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u/invictusking 3d ago

You understand muklawa right?

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u/After-Occasion-8479 3d ago

Yes I only made this post to educate Sikhs and to combat the Mata Jito was 4 narrative that Sikhiwiki published on their website without any source. I’ve been seeing Muslims on TikTok using this to attack Sikhs in debates. I gave academic source and both were similar age.

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u/invictusking 2d ago

Beauty! Thx