Sallah

Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir is a major character from the franchise, serving as the tritagonist of the 1981 action-adventure film , a major character in the 1989 film and a supporting character in the 2023 film . 
He is a close friend and comic sidekick to Indiana Jones. Sallah is married, has a several children and is also a professional digger in Cairo, Egypt. 
He is portrayed by .
==Biography==
===Raiders of the Lost Ark===
Sallah is introduced as an old friend of Indiana Jones who takes him and his friend Marion Ravenwood in when they travel to Cairo. Jones learned that the Nazi's hired Sallah to partake in digging up the Ark of the Covenant. Sallah brings him to a psychic who tells him that the Nazis are digging in the wrong place. Sallah shows Indy the map room where he finds the real location of the Ark and the two secretly dig for it during the night. They find the Well of Souls and the Ark deep inside. They bring up the ark first and when Sallah climbs up, he is captured by the Nazi's and painfully watches Indy and Marion get trapped inside. When they escape, Sallah is overjoyed and tries to get transportation for his friends and the ark. He finds a boat for them and asks the captain for his hospitality to them. They say farewell to Sallah and Marion gives him a goodbye kiss. Sallah joyfully sings "A British Tar" and waves goodbye.
===The Last Crusade===
Sallah returns in the third film as sort of a comic sidekick. Indy contacts Sallah to meet up with Marcus Brody in Iskenderun, and escort him to the location of the Holy Grail. The Nazi's confront the duo and though Sallah fights them off, Marcus unintentionally ends up in a Nazi truck and is captured. Sallah picks up Indy and his father, Henry Jones Sr., and the three set out to rescue Marcus. They succeed and also kill several Nazis as well. Sallah joins his friends to the Grail site and are captured. When Jones Sr. is shot, Sallah tends to his wounds and tries to keep him alive while Indy retrieves the Grail. Several Hatay soldiers run away in terror, but Sallah holds the Nazis at gunpoint and force them to drop their weapons. The four men succeed in their quest and journey off into the sunset, but not before learning that Indiana got his nickname from his old dog and found it hilarious.
===Dial of Destiny===
Sallah returns in the fifth film in a supporting role. Indy had help Sallah, and his family moved to New York sometime after the war and now is working as a taxicab driver. He first appears saving Indy from a guy who was trying to report him to the Police when Indy was framed for murder. He brought Indy to his home and revealed that Helena was arrested for selling artifacts on the black market a year ago and was released. Sallah informed Indy where Helena was headed to Tangier for an auction and Sallah drove Indy to the airport.
Upon arriving, Sallah ask Indy to take him to Tangier, but Indy refuses and accepts his decision.
==Trivia==
* It was speculated that Sallah may actually be the father of Helena, the deutagonist of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, who was mentioned by long-time Indiana Jones producer Frank Marshall to be Indiana Jones' "goddaughter". Due to Sallah's friendship with Indy and the fact that Helena is an Arabic name, this seems probable. This was proven false once the film actually released.
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