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Guru Nanak
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1469–1539 · First Sikh Guru and founder of Sikhism

Also known as: Nanak Dev, Guru Nanak Dev Ji, Nanak, Nanak Guru Nanak Dev, Нанак, الغورو ناناك

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Known works

  • Japujī
  • Proceedings of National Symposium on Comparative Environmental Mutagenesis, Amritsar, Februrary, 19-21, 1987 (1988)
  • K̲h̲ūnī Wisākhī (1920)
  • Asa di wara (1957)
  • Kalām-i vaḥdānīyat