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Line 41: }} '''Bhai Nand Lal''' ({{lang-fa|{{nq|بھائی نند لال}}}}; {{lang-pa|ਭਾਈ ਨੰਦ ਲਾਲ}}; 1633–1713), also known by his pen name '''Goya''' ({{lang-fa|{{nq|گویا}}}}; {{lang-pa|ਗੋਯਾ}}), was a 17th-century [[Sikhs|Sikh]] poet in the [[Punjab region]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7YwNAwAAQBAJ&q=bhai+nand+lal+persian+oxford&pg=PA169|title=The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies|last1=Singh|first1=Pashaura|last2=Fenech|first2=Louis E.|date=2014-03-27|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=9780191004117|language=en|page=168}}</ref> He was born in Ghazni Afghanistan . His father Diwan Chajju Ram was chief secretary( Diwan) of Dara Shilkoh eldest son of Aurangazeb who was living there by the and moved there after living in Multan west Punjab now Pakistan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Goya |first=Nand Lal |title=Kaalame Goya Bhai Nand Lal |publisher=Institute of Sikh Studies Chandigarh |year=2003 |isbn=8185817186 |pages=13-14 |translator-last=Bindra |translator-first=S. Pritpal Singh}}</ref>.He was one of the fifty-two poets of [[Guru Gobind Singh]]'s [[Durbar (court)|darbar]] (court). Bhai Sahib lived in [[Multan]] and later became a courtier in darbar of [[Guru Gobind Singh]]; the tenth [[Sikh]] Guru. ==Life== He was provided education in [[Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]], and [[Mathematics]] during his early years. At the age of 12 he started writing poetry in [[Persian language|Persian]] under the pen name '''Goya'''. At the age of 17 he lost his mother, and two years later his father. In 1652, he went to [[Multan]] and settled over there, and was married to a [[Sikh]] girl. Thereafter, he became inclined towards [[Sikhism]], met [[Guru Gobind Singh]] in 1682 and later became [[Amritdhari]]. After few months at Anandpur Sahib he joined prince Muazzam as secretary and later rose to post of chief secretary.When Aurangzeb on hearing about his knowledge about Quran expressed to get him converted to Islam religion , he finally left his job with Prince Muazzam in 1687 <ref>{{Cite book |last=Nabha |first=Bhai Kahn Singh |url=https://rarasahib.com/online-library/#fbb2a23be9a59ca04 |title=Gur Shabad Ratnakar Mahan Kosh ( Encyclopedia of Sikhism) pdf version |publisher=Bhai Baljinder Singh (Rara Sahib) |pages=2597 |language=Punjabi}}</ref>and appeared before [[Guru Gobind Singh]] in Anandpur Sahib, where he stayed upto ==Works== | |||