Ghazi Saiyyed Salar Sahu or Saiyed Salar Dawood or Sahu Bin Ataullah Alavi or Salar Sahu (Template:Lang-fa) was 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 nearly 1000Template:Vague years ago in Satrikh and is buried there.[7]
Tomb of Sayed Salar Sahu
The mausoleum of Salar Sahu is situated in Satrikh also known as Sulaimanabad, Template:Convert 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][8]
References
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Garden of India Or Chapters on Oudh History By H. C. Irwin
- ↑ Gazetteer of the province of Oudh, 1877
- ↑ 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