small amount of Compositions, which were in possession of Baba Mohan, were brought by the Guru himself from Goindwal. When in this way, during the course of many years, the Guru was able to collect all of the Gurus’ Compositions, he arranged the Compositions of earlier Four Gurus and his own Compositions in a methodical manner....

We have before us the views of the three historians. In Sooraj Parkash and Gur Bilas, there is no mention what-so-ever that Guru Arjan Dev issued edicts to Sikhs living in all parts of country in order to collect the Gurus’ Compositions. According to Gian Singh it took many years to collect the Compositions in the way stated by him. While the story of collection of Gurus’ Compositions from Baba Mohan, which the first two writers have made so attractive, fascinating and beautiful with their imaginary arguments is there, Giani Gian Singh has given no significance to it, and has only stated that Baba Mohan’s two books contained very small. amount of Gurus’ Compositions.

Regarding collection of Gurus’ Compositions from far and near in the country, Giani Gian Singh also writes - Bhai Bakhta Arora was a Sikh of the Guru. He was resident’ of Jalalpur Pargana, Hassan Abdal., He brought a huge book, in which he had recorded the Compositions from the time of Guru Nanak Dev to the time of the Fourth Guru, by residing with the Gurus. He offered that huge book to Guru Arjan Dev. The Guru took extracts from that book, as he considered necessary, and returned the book to Bakhta. Now that book is with his descendent, Boota Singh Pasari at Rawalpindi.

Gian Singh states that the book with Bhai Bakhta contains so much of Gurus’ Compositions that it seems to be the treasure of Guru Granth Sahib. Gian Singh further asserts: “A man can hardly lift this book.” According to Gian Singh, Bakhta used to copy the Gurus’ Compositions and would obtain the signature of the concerned Guru thereon.

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