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Kashmiri Shaikh

FieldValue
groupKashmiri Shaikh
native_name{{uninastaliqکٲشِری شیخ}}
langsKashmiri, Urdu
religions[[File:Star and Crescent.svg18px]] Islam

Kashmiri Shaikh or Kashmiri Sheikh () is a Muslim community, who mainly live in the Kashmir and those who migrated to what is now Pakistani Punjab. The Kashmiri Shaikhs are considered to be a clan of Kashmiri origin also found predominantly in Pakistani Punjab and also in other parts of India.

After the advent of Islam into Afghanistan and Indian subcontinent, a significant number of Hindu Brahmins in Kashmir converted to Islam and adopted the title of Shaikh and later migrated to other regions of the country. In Punjab, they are known as Kashmiri Shaikhs. The Kashmiri Shaikhs are predominantly urban.

Notable people

  • Sheikh Abdullah, Kashmiri politician
  • Ghulam Ahmad, Pakistani forestry official and businessman
  • Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, Pakistani politician
  • Nadeem Anjum, DG ISI, Mohra Sheikhan, Pakistan.
  • Allama Muhammad Iqbal, A Kashmiri Sheikh belonging originally to the Sapru Clan of Brahmins.

References

References

  1. "9788176482363".
  2. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province and Kashmir by [[James Douie. Sir James Douie]] 1901, published by Low priced Publications, page 106
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