I am trying to find historical evidence behind the following passage:
The Sikh Temple of Nander, called Hazur Sahib, is sacred to the
memory of the tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, who passed away at
this spot in 1708. This temple was the victim of constant inroads of
Mohammedans from the Deccan, and the Sikhs felt helpless. They
began to desert the place. These news reached Malwa in the Punjab.
About two hundered Sikh women volunteered themselves to go and
rescue the temple. They formed themselves into a battalion and
marched to the South on horseback. On reaching there, they engaged
the enemy in a sharp skirmish lasting for many hours and drove out
the Mohammedan usurpers. In this battle, they captured a drum and a
banner of the enemy, both of which are said to be still lying in Nander.
Sikh history books are terribly cited and credited. On Panjab Digital Library this passage appears in a text called "The Sikh Woman" by G.S. Sidhu but it also appears in a work authored by Principal Teja Singh in the Abstracts of Sikh Studies journal.
I've never heard of this bibi battalion before. Can anyone on this forum provide more information on this? Is this authentic?
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਬਚਨਕਮਾਵਣੇਸਚਾਏਹੁਵੀਚਾਰੁ॥