The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1776 page)

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Pañj kakke
(five marks of a kh
ls
Sikh):
Pañj Pi
re
:
P
nj P
r
(Pañj
b
, ‘five guides’). Popular Hindu cult of Five Saints, who may be
any
five the devotee may remember or worship. The cult includes Muslim figures, such as the Prophet
Mu
ammad
,
‘Al
,
F
ima
,
al-
asan
, and
al-
usain
. Another popular ‘quintet’ is Ghazi Miyan, Baba Barahna, Palihar, Amina Sati, and Bibi F
ima (the last two being most obviously Hindu-Muslim hybrids). The Panj Pir cult is followed by some fifty-three Hindu castes.

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