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Many Shaikhs from North India are descended from Arabs, and adopted 'Shaikh' as their last name through marriage or their job. In Frontier Regions , Punjab of Pakistan, or Kashmir , the title shaikh was given to those who had descended from upper caste natives such as the Brahmins , Kayasthas and Rajputs .
Some Muslim Khatris, Brahmins and Rajputs use shaikh and khan as their surnames, and consider themselves belonging to the Shaikh community. [1] [full citation needed] A community of early Shaikh colonists are the Qidwai, whose ancestor was claimed to be Qazi Qidwa, a son of the Sultans of Rum, in what is now modern Turkey.
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The Shaikh of the Indian state of Rajasthan are part of the wider Shaikh community of South Asia. They form the largest single Muslim community of the state. They form the largest single Muslim community of the state.
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Shaikh or Sheikh (Sindhi: شيخ), is a Sindhi tribe or caste. The "Shaikh" word is an Arabic term meaning elder of a tribe, lord, revered old man, or Islamic scholar . The Shaikhs of Sindh are one of the major tribe of the Sindhi Muslims ethnic group; they are converted from Sindhi Hindu Lohana / Brahmin tribes.
Milki also known as Jatt muslims are community in India. [1] Collection of Shaikh and Sayyid lineages in awadh region. Relationship of zamindars with peasant class during medieval period combined to form community which is now knows as milki.They are zamindars and they marry in their own community some milkis went to Pakistan during partition