Nattal Sahu
Indian merchant
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Nattal Sahu of Yoginipur (now Mehrauli, Delhi) is the earliest known Agrawal Jain merchant-prince, who lived during the reign Tomara king, Anangapal. His biography is in the Apabhramsha text Pasanaha Cariu (Parshvanath Caritra) of the poet Vibudh Shridhar, written in 1132 CE.[1][2][3]
Nattal's father was Sahu Joja.[4] He had two older brothers Raghav and Sodhal. Nattal was the chief of the Jains of Delhi.[5] He controlled a commercial empire spread through Anga, Vanga (Bengal), Kalinga (Odisha), Karnataka, Nepal, Bhot (Tibet), Panchal, Chedi, Gauda, Thakka (Punjab), Kerala, Marahatta (Maharashtra), Bhadanaka (Bayana), Magadh, Gurjar, Sorath (Saurashtra) and Haryana.[6] He was also a minister in the court of Anangapal.
It is believed that fragments of this temple were used for the Quwwat-al-Islam mosque near Qutab Minar.[2]