1469 à 1559: ***RANDHAWAS of ' Sahib Budha ' :

Bura or Sahib Budha, son of Suagga, was descended from the Mal* branch of the Randhawa.
From his early youth he attended Guru Nanak, and was called Budha, and became one of his
favorite disciples; and he continued in the service of five gurus successively from Guru Nanak to
Guru Arjan.

Ten Randhawas descended from Sahib Budlha, whose names are as follows:-

• Sahib Bhana,
• Sahib Jalal,
• Sahib Sarwan,
• Sahib Jhanda,
• Sahib Gurditta,
• Sahib Ramkaur (also called Guru Gurbakhsh Singh by Guru Gobind Singh),
• Sahib Mohar Singh,
• Sahib Sham Singh,
• Sahib Kahn Singh, and
• Sahib Sujan Singh, son of Sahib Kahn Singh, who died in infancy.

The darbar of Sahib Ramkaur is situated in Netan (?) kot in Shakargarh tahsil, And that of Sahib Anup, son of Ramkaur, is in the village of Little Teja in Batala tahsil.These three darbars are in the possession of Udasi Sadhus.
The line of Sahib Badha terminated with Sahib Sujan Singh.

[ *Mal = a wrestler or powerful man. It is used as a nickname in the Malwa. ]

EXCERPT:- A GLOSSARY OF THE TRIBES AND CASTES OF THE Punjab and North-West Frontier Province Based on the Census Report for the Punjab, 1883, by the late Sir DENZIL IBBETSON, K.C.S.i., and the Census Report for the Punjab, 1892, by the Hon. Mr. E. D. MacLAGAN, C.S.i., and complied by H. A. ROSE. pub. By LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT,PUNJAB

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