Muhammad Channan Shah Nuri was an Islamic scholar, saint, and preacher in South Asia.

Sarkar came to touth Asia with a contingent of other religious Sufi leaders upon the establishment of Islamic rule in India from the Middle East.

He traces his roots to the first Arab Shaikhs descending from the family of Muhammad through the lineage of Imam-al-Husayn through Imam Ali an Naqi and so he is a Sayyed.

The term Shah present in his name is derived from the Persian root for leader which most members of Muhammad's family obtained upon propagating the message of Islam in Persia after his death.

After the death of Muhammad Hussain Shah, his son, Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah became the spiritual leader of the Allo Mahar syed family and spiritual master of millions of murids of Allo Mahar shrif Dargah.

He has been the instructor of numerous successful courses dealing with a wide range and variety of various subjects, including the Arabic language, tazkiyah, shariah.

[citation needed] The grave of Channan Shah is situated in Allo Mahar, Tehsil Daska, district Sialkot, Pakistan.