on the same day
as Bhai Mati Das was executed.
Qazi pronounced his religious order that Bhai Dayala
must either accept Islam or be prepared to embrace death by being
boiled in a Cauldron. Bhai Dayal was asked for a final time if he would
leave his faith and embrace Islam. Bhai sahib defiantly and consistently
answered, “No!” to the qazi’s repeated requests. This infuriated the
qazi who pronunced his immediate torture and death. The executioners sat
Bhai Sahib in the cauldron of water under which a large fire was lit.
Slowly the water was let warm; then it was hot; soon it was too hot and
then it was boiling. Bhai Dayala continued to his last breath to recite
Sikh prayers.

Bhai Taru Singh Ji

After a short period of imprisonment and torture, Bhai Taru Singh ji
was brought by Mughalsbefore Lahore Governor Zakariya Khan and given
the choice of converting to Islam or being executed. Taru Singh calmly
asked, “Why must I become a Mussalman (a Muslim person)? Do not the Mussalmans ever die?”
Upon his refusal, and in a public display, Bhai Taru Singh’s scalp was
cut away from his skull with a sharp knife to prevent his hair from ever
growing back. Bhai Taru Singh ji was left to bleed to his death by
Mughals.

Mass torture and persecution of Sikhs

Zakariya Khan was the Mughal governor of Lahore, now in Pakistan. He
had taken part in the Mughal Empire’s operations against the Sikh leader
Banda Singh Bahadur. After the capture of Banda
Singh and his companions in December 1715, he escorted the prisoners to
Delhi, rounding up Sikhs that he could find in villages along the
route.