Sávitrí: wife of Brahma, said to be a Gurjjara maiden, [464].
Sawánihnigárs: news-writers, [214].
Sayad: Musalmán trader, arrest of, at Cambay, [202].
Sayad Achchan: paymaster at Surat, aspires to the governorship of Surat, seeks Marátha help (1747), [396]; takes the city of Surat and gets the merchants to sign a deed addressed to the emperor and the Nizám that he should be appointed governor (1748), [331–332]; makes over one-third of Surat revenue to the Maráthás, [332]; oppresses influential persons, surrenders citadel to the Habshi and withdraws to Bombay and thence to Poona (1750), [333]; receives the governorship of Surat from the Peshwa and establishes himself in the government (1758), [343]; receives a bodyguard from the Peshwa (1759), [399].
Sayads: brothers Hassan Ali and Abdulla Khan, king-makers at Delhi, [297], [301].
Sayad Imám-ud-dín: Ismáiliáh missionary in Gujarát during the reign of Máhmud Begada (1459–1513), [288].
Sayad Jelál Bhukhári: chief law officer or Sadr-us-Sudur for the whole of India (1642–1644), [279].
Sayad Miththan: marches on Surat and returns unsuccessful, his suicide, [331].
Sayad Sháhji: preceptor of Matiás of Khándesh and Momnás of Gujarát, his suicide, [288].
Sayáji Gáikwár: son of Dámáji Gáikwár, [342], [398]; collects tribute in Sorath (1759), [344]; appointed successor of Dámáji (1771), [400], [401].