Gazi Saiyyed Salar Sahu | |||||||||
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| 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) | ||||||||
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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]
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]