JAVEHAR MALL, BHĀĪ, was a masand at Vārāṇasī during the time of Gurū Tegh Bahādur. Some of the Gurū's hukamnāmās or edicts issued to saṅgats of Banāras (Vārāṇasī) and still preserved in Gurdwārā Baṛī Saṅgat, Vārāṇasī, addressed him variously as Javehar Mall, Javehar Dās or simply as Javeharī. While passing through Vārāṇasī on the way to Paṭnā, Gurū Tegh Bahādur left one of his horses, named Srīdhar, who had fallen sick, in the care of the saṅgat there. One of the hukamnāmās directs Bhāī Javehar Mall to send the horse upon recovery to Paṭnā.

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  1. Padam, Piārā Siṅgh, and Giānī Garjā Siṅgh, eds., Gurū kīāṅ Sākhīāṅ. Patiala, 1986
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Piārā Siṅgh Padam