Ist stone of the Golden Temple on January 15, 1588 AD

Q: Which patron saint of Lahore and one of the finest embodiments of inter-faith harmony was asked by Guru Arjun Dev to lay the first stone of the Golden Temple on January 15, 1588 AD?

Ans: Sain Hazrat Mian Mir who mostly resided in Begumpura town in Lahore

Note:
  1.  This is for sure that the foundation stone of the Harmandir Sahid was laid by  Mian Mir. (Ref.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mian_Mir ) and 


Even Dr Madanjit Kaur in her book The Golden Temple- 
Past and Present (p. 12) while reflecting on traditional belief of 
Mian Mir's laying the foundation of the Golden Temple,
at https://archive.org/stream/HazratMianMirAndTheSufiTradition/Hazrat%20Mian%20Mir%20And%20The%20Sufi%20Tradition_djvu.txt




       2.  as per Book by Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler : The Cambridge History of India: The Indus civilization. Supplementary volume page no. 227  Mian Mir is the patron saint.



Data Ganj Baksh is the patron saint of Lahore.

He may be the first patron saint of Lahore


       4. As per the book Islam in the Indian Subcontinent, Volume 4, Part 3 by Annemarie Schimmel

 https://books.google.co.in/books?id=TYImm1TnemwC&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=patron+saint+of+Lahore&source=bl&ots=EEnzh8hCP3&sig=Rsq_tz5LYYttDPMzdIkokk0UFRw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjc6MvJ1KXOAhVHPY8KHfJvCHkQ6AEITjAJ#v=onepage&q=patron%20saint%20of%20Lahore&f=false

page No.8 = Data Ganj Baksh is regarded as the first patron saint of Lahore.

We may drop the city name Lahore as far as Mian Mir is considered.
Just put it as Patron Saint Mian Mir.

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