He was from the first crop of foals sired by Desert Style, a sprinter whose wins included the Tetrarch Stakes, Ballycorus Stakes and Phoenix Sprint Stakes. As a breeding stallion he also sired Paco Boy, Mandesha, Next Desert (Deutsches Derby), Caradak (Prix de la Forêt) and Desert Blanc (Manhattan Handicap). Bachir's dam Morning Welcome showed no racing ability, failing to win in five races, but did better as a broodmare, producing several other winners including the gelding Albuhera who won twelve races including the Fulke Walwyn Novices' Chase. She was descended from the British broodmare B Flat (foaled 1958) who was the female-line ancestor of Pitcairn (sire of Ela-Mana-Mou), Assessor (Prix Royal Oak, Prix du Cadran) and Invincible Spirit.