Osmani
Usmani or Osmani or Othmani or Uthmani (Arabic: عثمانی) is a large community (Urdu: Biradari), found mainly in South Asia. The word Usmani or Osman (one and the same thing) is a surname. Osmani are found throughout South Asia, and have spread across Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.
Shaikh Usmani
The Shaikh Usmani are a Urdu speaking community, and many are found among the Sindhis of Pakistan.They are of Arab origin. The word usmani derived from Hazrat Usman Ghani, the third caliph of Islam. One of the sub-continent's well known personalities Hazrat Maulana Shabir Ahmed Usmani (Sheikh ul Islam) belongs to this origin. They claim that they came in India with sufi fakir Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti .
Turk Usmani
They claim to have Turk ancestry and are found mainly in North-West India and Pakistan.They include the descendants of Karlugh Turks who came with Taimur in 1398-1399.They live in Hazara region and Kashmir regions of Pakistan.They are Hindko speaking. The Turks who came with Khilji and Slave dynasties also use "usmani" as surname.
Usmani of Bilgram
Ale Usman of Bilgram, a historical town in Awadh region in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are the direct decedents of third Islamic Caliph Hazrat Usman through his grand son Abdullah Akbar bin Amr and from maternal side to the fourth Islamic Caliph Hazrat Ali through her grand daughter Fatimah Sughra bint Husain. they came to India from a small town of Kazroon (Ghazroon) in the Fars province of modern-day Iran. They first migrated to Herat in Afghanistan and from there they came to India with the army of Mahmood Ghaznavi in eleventh century AD. After conquring Bilgram in 1018 AD Qazi Yusuf Ghazrooni served as the first Qazi of Bilgram appointed by Mahmood Ghaznavi. Ale Usman of Bilgram holds the title of Qazi-ul- Bilgram since that time barring brief interregnum where another esteemed faction of Farshori Sheikhs of Bilgram held the position of Qazi.
Notable Ale Usman of Bilgram
- Qazi Yusuf Ghazrooni fatehe Bilgram- 1018 AD
- Qazi Mahmood Bilgrami Subedar of Luckow- 1576 AD supervised the construction of Akbari Darwaza (gate) in Lucknow
- Qazi Muhamad Yusuf Salis Bilgrami S/O Qazi Abul Makarim writer of Hadyat us Sultaniyah-1744 AD
- Qazi Ahmadullah Alias Mohammad Usman Bilgrami S/O Qazi Muhmmad Ihsan Bilgrami writer of Musajjalat fi tarikhul Quzzat, CA-1176 (H)/1782 AD
- Qazi Mortaza Hussain Bilgrami Alias Allah Yar `Osmani Bilgerami writer of Hadiqat ul Aqalim- 1782 AD
- Maohmmad Mahmoodul Hamd Bilgrami writer of Tankhihul Kalam Fi- tarikhul Bilgram -1918 AD
- Qazi Shariful Hassan Bilgrami writer of Khitta –e-Pak Bilgram (Tarikhe Bilgram)- 1960 AD
Famous people
- Surname
- Waqar Ahmad Usmani
- Asad ur Rehman Usmani
- Ebad Ur Rehman Usmani
- Asim Inam Osmani, CEO, Osmani & Company (Pvt.) Ltd.
- Inam Ahmed Osmani, Chairman, Osmani & Company (Pvt.) Ltd.
- Qazi Thanaullah Panipati (Qazi Sanaullah Usmani Panipati)
- Moulana Hamd ullah Usmani
- Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
- Maulana Muhammad Shafi Usmani
- Maulana Muhammad Taqi Usmani
- Allama Mufti Maulana Muhammad Rafi Usmani
- Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani
- Retd.Lieutenant General Muzaffar Usmani
- Zeeshan Hussain Usmani Hydropower Engineer, Metro-Bus Specialist, TEPA, LDA.
- Tanzil Haider Usmani
- M. A. G. Osmani
- Izaj Muhammad Usmani
- Uzair Muhammad Usmani
- Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani
- Given name
See also
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