Sayyid Mahmood Shah Al-Makki, well known by the nickname of “Sher Sawār” or “Lion Rider“, was the ancestor of the Bukkuri or Bhaakri Sayyids, who founded Bukkur and was the first Sayyid to ever migrate from the Middle East to the Sindh region in today’s Pakistan. He was a saint of the people of Sindh, a warrior who fought battles against Abbasids, a ruler over Yemen, and an explorer who traveled frequently. He was a Sayyid and a descendant of Ali and Fatimah through Ali al-Hadi.

Sayyid Muhammad decided to leave Yemen for Sindh, claiming he saw his ancestor, the Islamic prophet Muhammad in his dream instructing him to leave for India as it awaited him.