there are numerous sayyids in pakistan. some of these sayyids first migrated to gardez, bukhara, and termez, and then to south asia due to mass genocides,brutal behaviors and insulting attitude from the rulers of that era, like yazeed. that was the one and only basic main object for sayyids (families) to compelled on migration in that area. that was the doctrine which followers called real sayyids (sadaat) and initially established the sayyids are/were real or fabricated. secondly, they have shajra/family tree/family lineage which belongs to imam ali mutaza through imam hussain and imam hasan. many settled early in uch, khyber pakhtunkhwa, sindh, and punjab. there are many sayyids of both shia and sunni sects of islam. amongst the famous sayyids who migrated to this region were shah yousaf gardez of multan, who came to multan, punjab, around 1050ad. his grandfather, syed ali qaswer, a descendant of imam jafar sadiq, the grandson of imam hussain, migrated from bughdad and was settled in gardez, afghanistan. the gardezis of pakistan and the azad of jammu and kashmir are his descendants. other saints include syed ali shah tirmizi (pir baba) of buner, syed kastir gul of nowshera, jalaluddin surkh-posh bukhari, shaykh syed mir mirak andrabi of khanqi andrabi in kashmir, haji syed ahmed shah (haji baba) of dir and sayyid muhammad al-makki. sayyid people of pakistan are figured as the most prominent and well-established people of the country, with a number of them having become popular and well-known religious icons, political leaders, and professionals. furthermore, pakistan currently holds the largest sayyid population in all of south asia. mashwanis are also living in pakistan.