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,_from_a_fresco_of_Guru_Hargobind_with_Sikh_musicians.jpg) Detail of a drummer playing the jori instrument, possibly Bhai Satta Doom, from a fresco of Guru Hargobind with Sikh musicians | |
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Satta Doom (fl. late 16th to early 17th century), also spelt as Satta Dum, was a drummer and author of eight verses found within the Guru Granth Sahib.[1][2]
- ^ Nayar, Kamala Elizabeth; Sandhu, Jaswinder Singh (2020). "Notes". The Sikh View on Happiness: Guru Arjan’s Sukhmani. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 219. ISBN 9781350139893.
Bhai Rai Balwand was a Muslim rebab musician and Satta was a Muslim drummer during the time of Guru Angad up to the time of Guru Arjan; they both sang gurbani-kirtan and composed a Ramkali var that was included in the Guru Granth Sahib (pp. 966-8).
- ^ Singh, Prithi Pal (2006). The History of Sikh Gurus. New Delhi: Lotus Press. pp. 170–171. ISBN 978-81-8382-075-2.