Successor example sentences

The three successors of Guru Angad also wrote under the name of “Nanak” and all of their compositions were compiled by Guru Arjan in 160 To this compilation were added the writings of other figureures like Shaikh Farid, Sant Kabir, Bhagat Namdev and Guru Tegh Bahadur.The number of Guru Nanak's followers increased through the sixteenth century under his successors.In 1706 this compilation was authenticated by his son and successor, Guru Gobind Singh.Under his successors, the efficiency of the imperial administration broke down.Though, WTO is a successor to GATT, it is a much more powerful body than GATT.After Shivaji's death, effective power in the Maratha state was wielded by a family of Chitpavan Brahmanas who served Shivaji's successors as Peshwa (or principal minister).Before his death in 1539, Guru Nanak appointed one of his followers as his successor.It was on a walking tour through Cambridge that the guide mentioned Stephen Hawking, 'poor man, who is quite disabled now, though he is a worthy successor to Issac Newton, whose Chair he has at the university.