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Ghazi Saiyyed Salar Masud (Persian: غازى سيد سالار مسعود) (died 14 Rajab 424AH / 1032 AD) was the nephew of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi.He was son of Ghazi Salar Sahu who was descendent of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, son of Hazrat Ali and Sitr-i-Mu'alla, who was sister of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi.

Salar Masud came along with his uncle Jalaluddin Bukhari^{[citation needed]} and teacher Syed Ibrahim Mashadi Bara Hazari (Salar-i-Azam of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi) in early 11th century to the South Asia for propagation of Islam.^[1] Salar Masud was born at Ajmer on 22 January 1015 AD.

Somnath

Salar Masud was very young when he took part with his uncle Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi the invasion of Somnath when he was 11 years old (1026 AD). While his uncle returned to Ghazni after victory at Somnath, Salar Masud settled in South Asia to further his ambitions.^[2]

Invasion

Salar Masud entered India with an army of more than 100,000 men with 50,000 horses accompanied by two generals Meer Hussain Arab and Ameer Vazid Jafar attacked India in May 1031 AD with intention of permanent settlement and Islamization of its population. Salar Masud was one of the first Muslim invaders of the region of Mewat and Rajputana with a religious objective of converting the Hindus into Islam and establishing an Islamic emirate in the heartland of the Hindus (known to Muslims as Kafirs or unbelievers)nearly 150 years before Sufi Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti. He marched on into India and was joined by his uncle Salar Saifuddin, Meer Wakhtiar, Meer Sayyad Ajijuddin and Malik Bahruddin and their armies.

After swift raids across Northern India plains and passing through Meerut, Kannauj and Malihabad he arrived in Satrikh. They marched on to Meerut and Ujjain whose Hindu kings made friendship treaties. Later Saket was taken. Miyya Rajab and Salar Saifuddin took Bahraich. Amir Hasan Arab took Mahona, Malik Fazal took Varanasi. Sulutanu-s-Salateen and Mir Bakhatiar went south to Kannor and there Mir Bakhtiar was killed during a fight with the local army. Sayad Sahu took Karra and Manikpur. Leaving Malik Abdullah in charge of karra and Kutb-haidar at Manikpur. Syad Aziz-ud-din was sent against Hardoi, but fell in the battle at Gopamau on the banks of Gomti.^{[citation needed]}

The graves of his close associates and relatives such as Jalaluddin Bukhari and Syed Ibrahim Bara Hazari are still located at Rewari.^{[citation needed]}

Battle of Bahraich

Syed Salar Masood proceeded to attack Ayodhya via Zaidpur, Baba Bazar, Rudauli, but on reaching Raunahi (in the outskirts of Ayodhya) he suddenly changed his mind and moulded his army towards Brahmarchi, the present-day Bahraich in UP. At that time, Bahraich was also a very important place of Hindu pilgrimage, as there stood an old and magnificent temple of Sun God, named Balark Temple. It was a temple of Morning Sun, as the golden rays of the rising Sun first touched the feet of the deity. There was a bauli (which still exists, though in a very dilapidated condition) and a vast tank named Surya Kund.

Meanwhile, 17 kshatriya rulers of Northern India forged an alliance against Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud. They were Rai Raib, Rai Saib, Rai Arjun, Rai Bheekhan, Rai Kanak, Rai Kalyan, Rai Makaru, Rai Savaru, Rai Aran, Rai Birbal, Rai Jaypal, Rai Shreepal, Rai Harpal, Rai Hakru, Rai Prabhu, Rai Deo Narayan and Rai Narsinha. Various kshatriya clans that participated in this war included Bais Rajputs, Arkawanshi kshatriyas, Kalhans Rajputs, Raikwars and bhar warriors. Rai Sahar Deo and Rai Hardev also joined later. The head of this confederation was Raja Suheldev, the ruler of Sravasti. In June 1033, Salar Masud received correspondence from kshatriya confederation that the land belonged to Hindus and Masood should evacuate these lands. Masood replied that all land belongs to God and hence he would not retreat.

On 13 June, Morning, kshatriya army descended on Salar Masud camp of Bahraich. A fierce battle erupted which continued for days. In the evening of Sunday 14 June 1033 Salar Masud was killed. Latter on his followers were allowed to bury his body in the battlefield were he was killed. The location of this battlefield is near Chittaura Jheel, a lake about 8 KM away from modern Bahraich on Bahraich-Gonda Road .^{[citation needed]}

Tomb of Ghazi Saiyyed Salar Masud

Later on, Firoz Shah Tughlaq revenged the defeat of Salar Masood and demolished the Balark Temple and converted the very shrine into Tomb of Salar Masood and devastated all the Bharshiva forts and fortresses and temples ruthlessly. Still the ruins of those forts are scattered from Barabanki, Raibareilly, Bahraich to Mirzapur in the easternmost UP and these are called the "Monds of Bhars".

External links

Sources

Mirati Mas’udi by ‘Abdur Rahman Chishti
In The History of India as Told by its own Historians. The Posthumous Papers of the Late Sir H. M. Elliot. John Dowson, ed. 1st ed. 1867. 2nd ed., Calcutta: Susil Gupta, 1956, vol. 14, pp. 103–145.

References

^ Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman (2008). "Chapter: Rajasthan wa Mewat ki Ahmiyat". Hayat Karam Husain (2nd ed.). Aligarh/India: Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences. pp. 20–25. ISBN [[Special:BookSources/97889060706 |97889060706 [[Category:Articles with invalid ISBNs]]]]. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |coauthors=, |Editor=, and |month= (help)
^ Mirati Mas’udi by ‘Abdur Rahman Chishti

[1] Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman (2008). "Chapter: Rajasthan wa Mewat ki Ahmiyat". Hayat Karam Husain (2nd ed.). Aligarh/India: Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences. pp. 20–25. ISBN [[Special:BookSources/97889060706 |97889060706 [[Category:Articles with invalid ISBNs]]]]. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |coauthors=, |Editor=, and |month= (help)

[2] Mirati Mas’udi by ‘Abdur Rahman Chishti

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-'''Ghazi Saiyyed Salar Masud''' ({{lang-fa|غازى سيد سالار مسعود}}) (died 14 Rajab 424AH / 1032 AD) was the nephew of [[Mahmud of Ghazni|Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi]].He was son of [[Gazi Saiyyed Salar Sahu|Ghazi Salar Sahu]] who was descendent of [[Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah]], son of [[Ali|Hazrat Ali]] and  Sitr-i-Mu'alla, who was sister of [[Mahmud of Ghazni|Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi]]. However many historian disagree with the claim of his relations with Sultan Ghaznavi as sultan was known as arthodix Sunni whereas Salar Ghazi was a Shia scholar.
+'''Ghazi Saiyyed Salar Masud''' ({{lang-fa|غازى سيد سالار مسعود}}) (died 14 Rajab 424AH / 1032 AD) was the nephew of [[Mahmud of Ghazni|Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi]].He was son of [[Gazi Saiyyed Salar Sahu|Ghazi Salar Sahu]] who was descendent of [[Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah]], son of [[Ali|Hazrat Ali]] and  Sitr-i-Mu'alla, who was sister of [[Mahmud of Ghazni|Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi]].
 Salar Masud came along with his uncle Jalaluddin Bukhari{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}} and teacher Syed Ibrahim Mashadi Bara Hazari (Salar-i-Azam of [[Mahmud of Ghazni|Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi]]) in early 11th century to the [[South Asia]] for propagation of Islam.<ref>{{cite book | author = [[Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman]] | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2008 | month = | title = Hayat Karam Husain | chapter = Chapter: Rajasthan wa Mewat ki Ahmiyat | Editor =| others = | edition = 2nd | pages = 20–25| publisher = [[Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences]] | location = Aligarh/India | isbn = 97889060706 {{Please check ISBN|reason=Invalid length.}} }}</ref>  Salar Masud was born at Ajmer on 22 January 1015 AD.