Amir Polad
From Afghan Watan Encyclopedia
After Malik Shinasp till the rise of Abu Muslim Khurasani ( 130 H./ 747 A.D.) we lose track of the Suri rulers for one whole century until Minhaj Siraj again speaks of an indirect descendant of Malik Shinasp, Amir Polad, who should, at least, be a great grandson of Malik Shinasp and who, in the words of this author was in possession of the surroundings of the Ghor mountains and revived the name of his forefathers. When Ibn Muslim Mervzi rose and expelled the Omiads from Khurasan, Amir Polad led the army of Ghor to support Abu Muslim, did a great deal to help stabilize the Abassid dynasty, and held the fortress of Mandesh and the leadership of the Ghor mountains for a long time."[2]
This much we know that the progenitor of the royal family of Ghor, before the Islamic era, was named after the goddess Surya=Mehr=Khurshed (sun). Thenceforth to Malik Shinasp this family was considered as belonging to the Suri race and a tribe by the name of Suri-Zuri was well known from Khurasan to Sind whose language was Pashto and later in the western parts, Dari. But after Malik Shinasp, they were related to two Shinaspani branches, and today also they are called Suri in the east and Zuri in the west.
We do not know the name of Amir Polad's father, the long time ruler of the capital of Ghor mountains, Mandesh. But from his own name composed of both Pashto and Dari components we can understand that he was born in an environment made up of the common culture of this land.
It could be said almost with certainty that the lofty peak of Koh-i-Baba (Baba Mountain), Shah Poladi and a region of the eastern Ghor, Dai Poladi are named after this Iron Amir.
From the Pashto work Pata Khazana we know his son, Jahan Pahlawan Amir Kror, who succeeded him.