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{{Infobox person
|name = Bhai Dayala
|image = Image:Mehdiana 1.jpg
|image_size =
|caption = Depiction of Bhai Dayala being boiled alive.
|birth_name =
|birth_date = unknown
|birth_place =
|death_date = 11 November 1675
|death_place = Delhi, India
|death_cause = [[Death by boiling]]
|known_for = Martyrdom, Being [[Masand]] of the [[Patna]] [[Sangat (Sikhism)|Sangat]] and responsible for Patna Suba.
}}

'''Bhai Dyala ji''' ({{lang-pa|ਭਾਈ ਦਿਆਲਾ ਜੀ}}, {{lang-hi|भाई दयाला जी}}; died 9 November 1675), also known as ''Bhai Dyal Das'', was an early [[martyr]] of Sikhism<ref>{{Cite book|last=Oberoi, Harjot.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30157084|title=The Construction of religious boundaries : culture, identity, and diversity in the Sikh tradition|date=1994|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=0-226-61592-8|location=Chicago, IL|oclc=30157084}}</ref> He was martyred alongside his Sikh companions [[Bhai Mati Das]] and [[Bhai Sati Das]] and the Ninth Guru, [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]].

== Service of Guru Har Krishan ==
Dhyal Das was born in a Moudgil [[Brahmin]] family. Bhai Dayala was one of the twenty five or so Sikhs, alongside [[Mata Kishan Kaur|Mata Sulakhni]] (Mata Kishan), that accompanied [[Guru Har Krishan]] when he left [[Kiratpur Sahib|Kiratpur]] to visit King [[Aurangzeb]] in Delhi in 1604.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gandhi |first1=Surjit |title=History of Sikh Gurus Retold II: 1606-1708 C.E |date=2007 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-269-0858-5 |page=605 }}</ref>

== Service of Guru Tegh Bahadur ==
Bhai Dayala was one of the Guru's most dearest and closest companions.{{sfnp|Gandi|2007|p=664}} Bhai Dayala was the chief of the ''sangat'' (holy congregation) at [[Patna Sahib]] and enlisted incharge of all the [[masand]]s in the east,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Johar |first1=Surinder Singh |title=Guru Tegh Bahadur: A Bibliography |date=1997 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-7017-030-3 |page=126 |edition=First imprint}}</ref> and when the Guru's son [[Gobind Singh|Gobind Rai]] (Gobind Singh) was born it was him who sent Guru Tegh Bahadur a letter, who was at Dacca, informing him of his son's birth.{{sfnp|Gandhi|2007|p=687}}

Bhai Dayala helped take care of the Guru's son with the help of Bhai Kirpal<ref>{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Darshan |title=The Ninth Nanak: A Historical Biography |date=1975 |publisher=K. Lal |location=Jullundur |oclc=4835560 |page=71}}</ref> and was with the Guru at [[Lakhnaur]] where the Guru was with his family and son Gobind Rai when they came from Patna and headed to Baba Bakala around 1672.{{sfnp|Gandhi|2007|p=638}}

When the Guru left [[Anandpur Sahib]] on July 11, 1675 where he would head towards Delhi to meet Aurungzeb he was accompanied by Bhai Dayal Das, Bhai Mati Das, and Bhai Sati Das.{{sfnp|Gandhi|2007|p=661}}

== Arrest ==
Bhai Dayala was one of the [[accomplice]] who accompanied [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]] when the latter left [[Anandpur Sahib|Anandpur]] for Delhi on 11 July 1675, the other two were brothers---[[Bhai Mati Das]], a Dewan and [[Bhai Sati Das]], a Scribe at Guru’s court. Along with the Ninth Guru, they were arrested on orders of [[Emperor]] [[Aurangzeb]] at [[Agra]].

== Martyrdom ==
{{main|Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadar}}
On November 11, 1675 after [[Bhai Mati Das]]' execution Bhai Dayala refuted with temperament against the Mughals calling Aurangzeb a tyrant and cursed him for committing atrocities in the name of God and religion and said there would be a demise of the Mughal empire.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lakshman |first1=Bhagat |title=Short Sketch of the Life and Works of Guru Gobind Singh |date=1995 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-206-0576-3 |page=15 |edition=AES Reprint}}</ref> Bhai Dayala was tied with an iron chain like a bundle then was made to stand erect into a big [[cauldron]] full of water with only his head and shoulders seen.<ref name=Singh2005>{{cite book |last=Siṅgha |first=Guraprīta |title=Soul of Sikhism |date=2003 |publisher=Fusion Books |location=New Delhi |series=A.H.W. Sameer series |isbn=978-81-288-0085-6 |oclc=495613935 |page=100 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Bakshi |first1=Ram |last2=Mittra |first2=Sangh |title=Saints of India: Guru Gobind Singh |date=2002 |publisher=Criterion |page=287}}</ref> The vessel was then heated to the boiling point as Bhai Dayala began to recite [[Japji Sahib|Japuji Sahib]].{{r|Singh2005|p=100}} He was then roasted into a block of charcoal.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gupta |first=Hari Ram |title=History of the Sikhs: The Sikh Gurus, 1469-1708 |date=1984 |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal |oclc=923129193 |page=386}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Sharma |editor-first=B. R. |title=Punjab District Gazetteers: Rupnagar |date=1987 |publisher=Revenue Department, Punjab |location=Chandigarh |series=Gazeteer of India |oclc=863422953 |page=56}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Bhai Mati Das]]
* [[Bhai Sati Das]]
* [[Guru Tegh Bahadar]]

==References==
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