Shaikh or Sheikh (Sindhi: شيخ), is a Sindhi tribe or caste.[1] The "Shaikh" word is an Arabic term meaning elder of a tribe, lord, revered old man, or Islamic scholar. The Shaikhs of Sindh are one of the major tribe of the Sindhi Muslims ethnic group; they are converted from Sindhi Hindu Lohana/Brahmin tribes. They speak the various dialects of Sindhi, depending on their place of residence. The Shaikh are largely an urban community, residing in the towns and cities of Sindh. Shaikhs have different communities within them, namely Baghdadi, Sanjogi, Nangani, Deewan, and Chatani.[2][page needed]
^"13,000 villagers gear up for fight with DHA, Sindh govt". The Express Tribune. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2024. Their residents include Sindhi tribes such as the Burfats, Kachelos, Chuttos, Jokhios, Sheikhs, Bareejos, Gabols...
^Gazetteer of West Pakistan, the Former Province of Sind Including Khairpur State. Gazetteer Cell, Board of Revenue, Lahore 1968 by H. T Sorely
Shaikh or Sheikh (Sindhi: شيخ), is a Sindhi tribe or caste. The "Shaikh" word is an Arabic term meaning elder of a tribe, lord, revered old man, or Islamic...
Shaikh Ayaz SI (Sindhi: شيخ اياز, Urdu: شیخ ایاز) born Mubarak Ali Shaikh (Sindhi: مبارڪ علي شيخ, Urdu: مبارک علی شیخ) (March 1923 – 28 December 1997)...
Rajasthan Shaikhs of Uttar Pradesh SindhiShaikhs, a community found in Sindh consisting Muslim converts from the Lohana caste Anwar Shaikh (critic of...
in Sindhi, some of major Sindhi communities are Sindhi Sammats, Sindhi Rajputs, Sindhi Jats, Sindhi muslim reverts (Memon, Shaikh, Khuwaja), Sindhi Lohana...
see unjoined letters or other symbols instead of Sindhi script. Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi (Sindhi: شيخ عبدالمجيد سنڌي; 7 July 1889 – 24 May 1978) a...
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Juman Darbadar Vasdev Mohi Abdul Aziz Junejo Abdul Kadir Shaikh Abdul Majid Sindhi, Shaikh Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi Abdul Sattar Pirzada Abdul Sattar...
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Shah Abdul Karim Bulri, Shaikh Ayaz and Ustad Bukhari are notable Sindhi poets. Local Hindu rajas had ruled Sindh. In 712, the...
other Shaikh groups. However, there are still cases of intermarriage with Arab communities in the Middle East. Shaikhs in South Asia SindhiShaikhs Misra...
Sindhis (/ˈsɪndiːz/; Sindhi: سنڌي (Perso-Arabic), सिन्धी (Devanagari), romanized: sindhī) are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who speak the Sindhi...
The Muslim Shaikh (Punjabi (Shahmukhi): مسلم شیخ; Sindhi: مُسلمان شيخ) are a community found in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The Shah Khel community...
in 2018 and was named after renowned Sindhi poet Shaikh Ayaz. Soomro, Rahmatullah (December 28, 2018). "Shaikh Ayaz University established". DAWN.COM...
popularly known as Sarmad Sindhi (7 July 1961 – 27 December 1996), was a Sindhi folk singer and songwriter in Pakistan. He used Sindhi language and is considered...
Wadia; while the first Sindhi film produced in Pakistan was Umar Marvi in 1956 directed by Shaikh Hassan. The first blockbuster Sindhi film released was Abana...
Rubina Qureshi, TI (Sindhi: روبينہ قريشي also Rubeena; 19 October 1940 – 13 July 2022) was a Pakistani Sindhi language folk singer. She was popularly...
assistant editor Sindhi-language media "Kawish". pakistan.mom-rsf.org. Aziz, Shaikh (October 20, 2017). "The struggle of Sindhi newspapers". DAWN.COM. v t e...
list (link) "Madad Ali Sindhi". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2021-08-24. "95th birthday: University of Sindh pays homage to Shaikh Ayaz". The Express Tribune...
The Sindhis of Balochistan are an indigenous Sindhi population living in Balochistan, Pakistan. According to the historical records of Arab, Persian and...
level (Jhal Magsi District) (PDF). 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 8 April 2022. Sindhi, Shaikh Javed Ali (2019). "Heritage: A Fort and Refuge for Ancient Armies"....
Sindhi clothing are a part of the Sindhi culture. Sindhi women and men wear the Shalwar Qameez or the Kurta with Pyjama. Women also wear Sari or ghagra...
Shaikh Hassan and starring Fazlani himself, Nighat Sultana, Noor Mohammed Charlie and Bibbo. Released on March 12, 1956, it was the first-ever Sindhi-language...
[citation needed] In Pakistan they also speak Sindhi and Punjabi. They consider themselves part of the Shaikh community, and claim to be the descendants...
late Shaikh Ayaz, a 20th-century Sindhi poet. His fans called him “the best poet after Shaikh Ayaz”. In short time Hassan made his own space in Sindhi people...
Panhwar (Sindhi: پنھور) is a Sindhi Sammat tribe found in Sindh, Pakistan. The present chief of the tribe is Mir Changez Khan Panhwar. In Sindhi folklore...
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