Salar Masud-Raja Suhaldev battle

About Salar Masud-

• He was known as Ghazi Mian and believed to have acquired popularity as a warrior in the 12th century. 
• He was the nephew of the 11th century Turkik invader, Mahmud of Ghazni, whose invasion of India is known as the moment when Islam entered large parts of the subcontinent. 
• His tomb at Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh stands as a place of pilgrimage (mainly during the Urs festival ) for a large number of Muslims as well as Hindus. 
• The most comprehensive source of information about Ghazi Mian is the Mirat-e-Masaud (Mirror of Masaud), a 17th century Persian hagiography written by Abdur Rahman Chisti, a Sufi saint of the Chisti order.
• It was at Bahraich, where in the course of a battle in 1034 CE between Masud and a local king by the name Suheldev that the former was wounded by an arrow and succumbed.
• The 13th century Sufi poet and scholar Amir Khusrao is known to have mentioned him in his writings.
• The 14th century Moroccan traveller Ibn Batuta had supposedly visited his shrine at Bahraich along with Sultan Mohammad Bin Tughlaq. 
• Mughal emperor Akbar is known to have made a land grant in 1571 CE for the sake of maintaining Ghazi Miyan’s shrine. 

About Raja Suhaldev-

• He was the king of Shravasti during the 11th century.
• According to Mirat-e-Masudi, Suhaldev belonged to the “Bhar Tharu” community.
• He is believed to have been the eldest son of the king of the Bhar community, from which emerged the Pasi community, a Dalit caste group of the region. 
• Popular history of the region identifies him by several names including Suhaldev, Sakardev, Sahardev, and Suhildev. 
• In 2016 Amit Shah hailed Suheldev as a national hero and unveiled his statue at Bahraich.