Abdul Rahman Sahu Khan (died 1979) was an Indo-Fijian civil servant and politician. He served as a nominated member of the Legislative Council between 1944 and 1947.
Biography Sahu Khan joined the Fijian civil service, working as a law clerk. Following the outbreak of World War II, he was one of the Indo-Fijian members elected to the colony's Central War Committee in 1942.Fiji Indians and war Pacific Islands Monthly, June 1942, p6 In 1944 he became a founding board member of the Fiji Public Servants' Association.The first annual meeting Pacific Islands Monthly, April 1944, p37
After the July 1944 elections, he was appointed to the Legislative Council by Acting Governor John Fearns Nicoll as one of the two nominated Indo-Fijian members.Fiji election: Constitution of New Council Pacific Islands Monthly, September 1944, p9 He later became a member of the National Federation Party.A.R. Sahu Khan Pacific Islands Monthly, March 1979, p65 He served in the Council until 1947, and in 1950 he was made a justice of the peace.Mr Edward M. Grant, Mr. C. Prentice and Mr. A. R. Sahu Khan Pacific Islands Monthly, May 1950, p43 He later became president of the Muslim Association of Fiji.Muslims Won't Participate Pacific Islands Monthly, August 1956, p50 He contested the 1963 Legislative Council elections in the Southern constituency, but received only 498 votes and lost his deposit.Vital Period Ahead For New Fiji Legislative Council Pacific Islands Monthly, pp61–65
Sahu Khan's brother Abdul Habib also served as an MLC between 1957 and 1963.Deaths of Islands People Pacific Islands Monthly, December 1954, p137 He died in Suva in 1979 at the age of 78, survived by his wife and eight children.
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