Shaikhs in North India
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title:
Shaikhs in North India
text:
Shaikh, also rendered as Sheikh, Sheik, Shaik, Shaykh, Shaikh, Shekh, Cheikh, Šeih, Šejh, Şeyh and other variants, is a title given to many South Asian Muslim castes. It originally was a word or honorific term in the Arabic language that commonly designated a chief of a tribe, royal family member, Muslim religious scholar, or "Elder". However in Northern India, Shaikh was used as an ethnic title, by those claiming Arab descent & Upper caste coverts to Islam like Khatris, Brahmins & Rajputs etc,
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description:
Family name of Indian muslims
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaikhs_in_North_India
date created:
2006-10-10T20:38:19Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T12:13:22Z
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