Gulam Jillani, historian

Gulam Jillani, a muslim historian has written ‘Jangnama Multan’. He writes in that book that how he used to spy on Sikhs. He tells us that he used to go to Sikh territories in the disguised form. He gives an account of battle of Multan in his book. There he described an incident in which Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s army was attacking Multan and unfortunately wheel of their artillery was broken. This artillery weapon was must for the army. Without it their victory was impossible. However these brave soldiers did not want to lose at any cost. So they decided to give their shoulder one by one to support this heavy weapon. By keeping their faith in their Guru, they started giving their shoulder one by one so that they could win. They were men of guts, death couldn’t frighten them. Fearlessly they were turning up to support this weapon. These darlings of their Guru knew it very well that the moment they would give support to this artillery, they were going to burst into flames. Even then their spirits were undeterred. They were unrivalled followers of their Guru. That was the most awesome sight, one would have ever seen. Finally they made it, it was due to their doughtiness that they won the battle and the walls of the fort were reduced to ruins.
After giving these details, Jillani writes how he himself was moved by the fearlessness of these people. Jillani writes that he got impressed by these people and their courage inspired him too. He wanted to be like them. He wanted to act in the same way but he couldn’t do that because if he had acted like them then who would have written about their bravery and strength of character.