![Photograph of Guru Nanak's "chakki" (hand-millstone) relic at Gurdwara Chakki Sahib, Eminabad [now in Pakistan], taken by Dhanna Singh Chahal 'Patialvi', 4 October 1932. Under the portrait of Guru Nan](/_next/image?url=%2Fheritage%2Fsaidpur-return-babur-s-invasion.jpg&w=3840&q=75&dpl=dpl_3W7XcmQca5EhpLUf4cmkWHJkUKMj)
Gurdwara Chakki Sahib
Saidpur (return, Babur's invasion) · Eminabad, Pakistanhistoricalਇਤਿਹਾਸਕ
What happened hereਇੱਥੇ ਕੀ ਹੋਇਆ
Coming back to Punjab, Guru Nanak and Mardana were caught in Babur's sack of Saidpur in 1520. The Janamsakhis say the Guru was imprisoned and made to grind corn before Babur released them. Guru Ji recorded the carnage in the Babarvani hymns.
On the sourcesਸਰੋਤਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ
Babur's sack of Saidpur and the Babarvani hymns are historical; the imprisonment and grindstone are from the Janamsakhis.
What stands there todayਅੱਜ ਉੱਥੇ ਕੀ ਹੈ
Gurdwara Chakki Sahib (stone mill relic, pre-1947)
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