Born: 1014 CE
Died: 1034 CE
Ghazi Salar Masud or Ghazi Miyan (1014 - 1034 CE) was a semi-legendary Muslim figure from India. By the 12th century, he had become reputed as a warrior & his tomb (dargah) at Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, India, had become a place of pilgrimage.
The main source of information about him is the chivalric romance Mirat-i-Masudi ("Mirror of Masud"), a Persian-language hagiography written by Abdur Rahman Chishti in the 1620s. According to this biography, he was a nephew of the Ghaznavid invader Mahmud & accompanied his uncle in the conquest of India during the early 11th century. However, the Ghaznavid chronicles do not mention him, & other claims in Mirat-i-Masudi are also of doubtful historicity.
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