Guru Nanak

1469 to 1539 4 documented presences 4 places

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Gurū Nānak (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539; Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ), also known as ' (Father Nanak), was an Indian spiritual teacher, mystic and poet, who is regarded as the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA

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Where Guru Nanak was documented, and when

15 April 1469exact date

Lahoreattested “Nanak was born on 15 April 1469 at village (present-day Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan) in the Lahore province of the Delhi Sultanate, although according to one tradition, he was born in the Indian month of or November, known as Kattak…” source: Wikipedia: Guru Nanak

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Sultanpur Lodhiattested “In 1475, Nanak's elder sister, Nanaki, married at the age of 13 and moved to Sultanpur Lodhi.” source: Wikipedia: Guru Nanak

1511 to 1522period

Middle Eastattested “Some interpret the inscription as saying Baba Nanak Fakir was there in 1511–1512; others read it as saying 1521–1522 (and that he lived in the Middle East for 11 years away from his family).” source: Wikipedia: Guru Nanak

September 1539month

Kartarpur, Pakistanattested “Around the age of 55, Nanak settled in Kartarpur, living there until his death in September 1539.” source: Wikipedia: Guru Nanak

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Places Guru Nanak is documented in

Lahore1 presence · 1469 Middle East1 presence · 1511

Kartarpur, Pakistan1 presence · 1539

Sultanpur Lodhi1 presence · 1475

Other places tied to Guru Nanak in the record

In each of these, a source puts Guru Nanak and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Guru Nanak was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

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Tibetmentioned “Some modern accounts state that he visited Tibet, most of South Asia, and Arabia, starting in 1496 at age 27, when he left his family for a thirty-year period.” source: Wikipedia: Guru Nanak

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Sylhet regionmentioned “In 1508, Nanak visited the Sylhet region in Bengal.” source: Wikipedia: Guru Nanak

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Bengalmentioned “In 1508, Nanak visited the Sylhet region in Bengal.” source: Wikipedia: Guru Nanak

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Sylhetmentioned “In 1508, Nanak visited the Sylhet region in Bengal.” source: Wikipedia: Guru Nanak

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Sources

Wikipedia: Guru Nanak

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