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Pages in category "Shaikh clans" ... Shaikhs in North India; Shaikhzada; Sindhi Shaikh This page was last edited on 26 October 2024, at 18:24 (UTC). ...
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 .
In the Punjab province of British India, comprising Punjab and some parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in modern Pakistan as well Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, and some parts of Himachal Pradesh in modern India, in 1921, 70.7% of the Punjabi Rajputs were Muslims while 27.7% were Hindus, with the highest percentage of Rajputs found in Rawalpindi ...
Shaikh clans (19 P) T. Tribes of Rawalpindi District (4 P) Pages in category "Punjabi tribes" The following 127 pages are in this category, out of 127 total.
This is a list of Punjabi tribes. More specifically, these are tribes (mostly in Pakistan ) and castes (mostly in India ) located within the Punjab region of South Asia , including those that may not be officially recognized by state governments.
Mughal clans of Pakistan (1 C, 5 P) S. Samma tribes (2 C, 44 P) Shaikh clans (19 P) Sindhi tribes in India (2 C, 20 P) T. Talpur dynasty (1 C, 21 P)
The Shaikh caste were originally agricultural and can be found in the Faisalabad, Chiniot and Rawalpindi District regions of Punjab. However, in recent years, they have become urbanised and are involved in business and trade. The Punjabi Shaikh tribe are a wealthy but have a small population in the Punjab.
They are mostly settled in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India and Karachi, Pakistan. [1] [2] They are also settled in the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, and also in areas of the Middle East specifically, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Qatar. [3] The Qidwai, together with the Milki, Malik and Chaudhary form a community of substantial landowners.