Sindhi Shaikh
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 6,503,000 [1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
•  Pakistan •  India | |
| Languages | |
| • Sindhi • Urdu | |
| Religion | |
•  Islam 100% • | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| • Sindhi Memon • Punjabi Shaikh • Shaikh |
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, MPA Shikarpur and Special Advisor to PM and Former Provincial Minister and Bureaucrat, Sindh
- Shaikh Ayaz, Sindhi poet of Pakistan
- Najmudddin Shaikh, Former Foreign Secretary, Pakistan
- Ghulam Shabir Shaikh, Former IGP Sindh, Pakistan
- Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Federal Finance Minister, Pakistan
- Muhammad Ayub Shaikh, Chairman Employees' Old Age Benefits Institution], Pakistan
- afzal ahmed sheikh, Former Foreign Secretary, Pakistan
- Maqbool Shaikh, Former Provincial Minister for Food and Health, Sindh
- Faraz Shaikh, Chairman Sindh Naujawan Shaikh Ittehad, Sindh
- Faryaz Nisar Shaikh, Vice Chairman Sindh Naujawan Shaikh Ittehad, Sindh
- Imam Bux Shaikh, Former General Secretary Peoples Students Federation Karachi, Former General Secretary Peoples Engineers Forum Sindh, Famous Student Leader of Pakistan.
- Aijaz Ali Shaikh, Famous political figure and a landlord from District Qambar-Shahdadkot, Former Chairman of Larkana city.
- Dr.Ghulam Ahmed Shaikh, Federal and Sindh Government Pakistan Railways doctor (Radiologist)
- Mir Mohammad Shaikhh,Advocate Supreme Court- Advocate General Sindh ( Family Lawyer of the Bhutto Family).
- Samir Mir Shaikh, A prominent businessman and industrialist, Appointed Justice of Peace Karachi, By Chief Minister Sindh. He is the son of Mir Mohammad Shaikh Ex Adcovate general Sindh.
*Zulfiqar sheikh- GM - PIA. *Asim sheikh- DGM PIA. *Abdul samad sheikh- Manager PIA. *Anwar Adil Shaikh- Pilot PIA. *Nisar Shaikh- SP - PIA.
See also
- Shaikh
- Shaikhs in South Asia
- afzal ahmed sheikh
References
- ↑ http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=18084&rog3=PK
- ↑ Gazetteer of West Pakistan, the Former Province of Sind Including Khairpur State. Gazetteer Cell, Board of Revenue, Lahore 1968 by H. T Sorely
- ↑ Gazetteer of West Pakistan, the Former Province of Sind Including Khairpur State. Gazetteer Cell, Board of Revenue, Lahore 1968 by H. T Sorely
- ↑ 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/