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Guru Nanak

गुरुनानकः sa गुरु नानक hi குரு நானக் ta

First Sikh Guru and founder of Sikhism

  • Child of Mehta Kalu Ji and Mata Tripta
  • Married to Mata Sulakhni
  • Dated 15 April 1469 CE – 22 September 1539 CE
  • Recognised as Thaumaturge

Overview

First Sikh Guru and founder of SikhismWikidata record description. Read Guru Nanak in the Wikipedia reader.

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Roles and affiliation

Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.

Offices held 2

  1. Dates unrecorded Sikh guru Number 1 in the sequence Succeeded by Guru Angad Dev
  2. Dates unrecorded leader Succeeded by Guru Angad Dev

Family tree

The family as a list · 6

Family 6

What the records tie them to

Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.

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