Muhammad bin Shuja' Al-Dīn محمد بن شجاع الدين (Arabic) Sayyid Hashemite Naqvi 'Sher Sawar' 'The Lion Rider' |
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The historical tomb of Sayyid Muhammad.
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Born |
Muhammad 1145 Mecca |
Died | 1246 (aged 101) Sindh, Pakistan |
Resting place | Sindh, Pakistan |
Residence | Sukkur |
Title | Sayyid |
Opponent(s) | Abbasids Ayyubids |
Children | Sayyid Sadruddin Sayyid Badruddin Sayyid Maah Sayyid Shams |
Parent(s) | Sayyid Muhammad Shuja' Al-Dīn |
Relatives |
Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar Suhrawardi |
Sayyid Muhammad ibn Shuja Al-Dīn ibn Ibrahīm ibn Qāsim Shah Al-Hussaini Al-Makki (Arabic: السيد محمد الحسيني المكي) (born 1145, died 1246), also known as Sayyid Mahmood Shah Al-Makki (Urdu: سيد محمود مكي) and well known by the nickname of "Sher Sawār" or "Lion Rider" (Persian: شیر سوار) is the ancestor of the Bukkuri or Bhaakri Sayyids (Urdu: بهاكري سادات), 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 travelled frequently. He was a Sayyid and a descendant of Ali and Fatimah through Ali al-Hadi.
The father of the Sayyid was Abu Ahmad Muhammad Shuja. Sayyid Muhammad Shuja once left his native Mashhad with the intention of pilgrimage to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. On the way Sayyid Muhammad Shuja passed through Baghdad where he met Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi, after spending some time in his presence, Suhrawardi gave his daughter in marriage to Sayyid Muhammad Shuja. Proceeding to Mecca along with his wife, he found that his wife was pregnant and was in immense pain. Unable to bear the pangs of child birth, the lady gave birth to Sayyid Muhammad in the courtyard of the Kaaba who was born in 1145 and the Islamic year of 540 AH. He later became well known as Muhammad the Meccan. Some scholars however disputed this marriage of Sayyid Muhammad Shuja to a daughter of al-Suhrawardi and have mentioned that it was Sayyid Muhammad Al-Makki himself who married the daughter of al-Suhrawardi.