Guru Arjan Dev, fifth Sikh leader (died 1606)

Guru Arjan

Fifth Sikh guru from 1581 to 1606

Guru Arjan was the fifth of the ten total Sikh Gurus. He compiled the first official edition of the Sikh scripture called the Adi Granth, which later expanded into the Guru Granth Sahib. He is regarded as the first of the two Gurus martyred in the Sikh faith.