Gazi Saiyyed Salar Sahu
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.
Gazi Saiyyed Salar Sahu | |||||||||
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| غازى سيد سالار ساھو | |||||||||
| Died | Satrikh, Uttar Pradesh | ||||||||
| 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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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. 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.
He died nearly 1000 years ago in Satrikh and is buried there.
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