Shaikh Siddiqui
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Shaikh Siddiqui (Arabic: شيخ صدیقی ) is a word in the Arabic meaning truthful. It is a common family name signifying ancestory from Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (Arabic: ابو بكر الصديق), first Khalifa (Caliph) of Islam.
The Siddiqui family is a multiethnic community in South Asia.
[edit] See also
- History of Arabs in Afghanistan
- Paracha
- Abbasi
- Alavi
- Farooqi
- Gardezi
- Gilani
- Hashemi
- Osmani
- Quraishi
- Sayyid
- Shaikh
- Siddiqui
- Chinioti Shaikh
- Qallu
- Siddiqis in the Horn of Africa
- Shaikhs in South Asia
- Punjabi Shaikh
- Kashmiri Shaikh
- Khawaja Shaikh
- Qanungoh Shaikh
