Guru Arjan Arjan met the Mughal emperor Akbar and his cortege in 1598. According to Louis Fenech, this meeting likely influenced the development of Sikh manuscriptology and the later martial tradition. Some scholars spell Guru Arjan's name as Guru Arjun. Guru Arjan Guru Arjan ( "Guru Arjan" ) 15 April 1563 – 30 May 1606) was the first of the two Gurus martyred in the Sikh faith and the fifth of the ten total Sikh Gurus. He compiled the first official edition of the Sikh scripture called the Adi Granth, which later expanded into the Guru Granth Sahib. He was born in
Sikh scriptures Sikh scriptures The principal Sikh scripture is the "Adi Granth" (First Scripture), more commonly called the "Guru Granth Sahib". The Sikhs do not regard this as their "holy book" but as their perpetual and current "guru", guide or master. It was called "Adi Granth" until Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and final guru in human form, conferred on it the title of the guru in 1708, after which it was called "Sri Guru Granth Sahib", or "Guru Granth Sahib" for short. The "Granth" has 1430 pages and is divided into 39 chapters. All copies are exactly alike. The Sikhs are