Gazi Saiyyed Salar Sahu or Saiyed Salar Dawood or Sahu Bin Ataullah Alavi or Salar Sahu (Persian: غازى سيد سالار ساھو) was a gazi and a commander in the army of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi who came to the Indian subcontinent in the early 11th century.[1][2]
Gazi Saiyyed Salar Sahu | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| غازى سيد سالار ساھو | |||||||||
| Died | 4 October 1032 | ||||||||
| Burial place | Satrikh | ||||||||
| Spouse | Sitr-i-Mu'alla (purportedly) | ||||||||
| Relatives | Tahir Ataullah (father), Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud (son), Syed Maroofuddin Ghazi (brother) | ||||||||
| |||||||||
Salar Sahu was a descendant of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, son of Ali. His father's name was Tahir Ataullah, and his son was Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud. He had two brothers one of them was Syed Maroofuddin Ghazi.[3] He was probably a brother-in-law of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi, purportedly married to the latter's sister, Sitr-i-Mu'alla. He came to India along with Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi as his army commander.[4][5][6]
He died on 4 October 1032 at Satrikh[7] and is buried there.[8]
Tomb of Sayed Salar Sahu
editThe mausoleum of Salar Sahu is situated in Satrikh also known as Sulaimanabad, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) away from Barabanki, in Uttar Pradesh. At his grave the people gather to pilgrimage during the full moon of the Hindu month of Jyeshta during the summer. There is a five-day-long urs during which thousands of devotees pray. His tomb is known as "Budhe Baba ki mazar" (Grand Master's Mausoleum).[5][9]
References
edit- ^ "Pluralism to Separatism Qasbas in Colonial Awadh", Mushirul Hasan - Oxford University Press
- ^ Sheikh Hussainuddin, (1937). Tazkira-e-Fani, the life and times of Shah Abdur Razzaq, "Al-Maktaba-e-Monamia".
- ^ Islam in India, Volume 4, Vidyajyoti Institute of Religious Studies, Vikas Pub. House, 1989
- ^ "Historic City Lucknow". Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ a b The Garden of India Or Chapters on Oudh History By H. C. Irwin
- ^ Gazetteer of the province of Oudh, 1877
- ^ Anna Suvorova (2004). Muslim Saints of South Asia: The Eleventh to Fifteenth Centuries. Routledge. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-134-37006-1.
- ^ From pluralism to separatism: qasbas in colonial Awadh, Mushirul Hasan, Oxford University Press, 28-Oct-2004
- ^ Islam in India, Volume 4, Vidyajyoti Institute of Religious Studies, Vikas Pub. House, 1989