Sindhi Shaikh

Shaikh
Total population
(6,503,000 [1])
Regions with significant populations
 Pakistan India
Languages
SindhiUrdu
Religion
Islam 100% •
Related ethnic groups
Sindhi MemonPunjabi ShaikhShaikh

Sheikh (Arabic and Urdu: شيخ), is an Arabic word meaning elder of a tribe, lord, revered old man, or Islamic scholar. The Shaikh of Sindh are one of the larger communities of the Sindhi Muslims ethnic group. They speak the various dialects of Sindhi, depending on their place of residence. The Shaikh are largely urban community, residing in the towns and cities of Sindh. Shaikhs have different community in them, namely baghdadi, sanjogi, nangani, deewan and chatani.[2]

Origin

In South Asia, it is used as an ethnic title generally attributed to Muslim trading families descended from the higher clans and are generally very rich and powerful in the local administration and economy.[3] Shaikh families are descended from Muslim technocrats, bureaucrats, soldiers, traders, scientists, architects, teachers, theologians and Sufis who travelled from the rest of the Muslim world to the Islamic Sultanate in South Asia and settled permanently. In Sindh, the families of the Makhdums of Hala are Siddiqui Shaikhs, who arrived from Central Asia. The shaikhs who migrated from the Arab lands as Sufis conjointly lived with the existing wealthy Shaikh inhabitants of Larkana, Sukkur, Shikarpur and Khairpur while now they have spread throughout Sindh, making a worthy population around 1 Million. [Sindh - Pakistan].

Distinguished Sindhi Shaikhs

[Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh]], Touqeer shaikh ka baap (Moscow wala)

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See also

References

  1. http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=18084&rog3=PK
  2. Gazetteer of West Pakistan, the Former Province of Sind Including Khairpur State. Gazetteer Cell, Board of Revenue, Lahore 1968 by H. T Sorely
  3. Gazetteer of West Pakistan, the Former Province of Sind Including Khairpur State. Gazetteer Cell, Board of Revenue, Lahore 1968 by H. T Sorely
  4. http://www.eobi.gov.pk/network/chair-eobi.html
 5.  ^ http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-288631-Samir-Shaikh-is-Karachi-Easts-Justice-of-Peace
 6.  ^ http://www.pstimes.com/2014/07/28/karachi-prominent-businessman-samir-mir-shaikh-hosted-an-iftar-dinner-at-a-local-hotel-it-was-attended-by-politicians-government-officials-bureaucrats-and-diplomats-picture-shows-senior-minister/

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