Osmani

Usmani or Osmani or Othmani or Uthmani (Arabic: عثمانی‎) is a large community (Biradari in Urdu), found mainly in South Asia. The word Usmani or Osmani ( one and the same thing) is a surname adopted mainly by two castes in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

Sheikh Usmani

The Shaikh Usmani are a Urdu speaking community, and many are found among the Muhajirs of Pakistan.They are of Arab origin. The word usmani derived from Hazrat Usman Gahni (R.A), the third caliph of Islam. One of the sub-continent well know personality Hazrat Maulana Shabir Ahmed Usmani (Sheikh ul Islam) belongs to this origin. They claim that they came in India with sufi fakir Hazrat Khawaza Moinuedin 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.

The Osmani are found all over South Asia, and have spread across Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.

Famous people

• A. F. Golam Osmani
• Inam Ahmed Osmani Chairman, Osmani & Company (Pvt.) Ltd.
• Asim Inam Osmani CEO, Osmani & Company (Pvt.) Ltd.
• Ammar Asim Osmani
• Akhtar Md Osmani
• Alfred Osmani
• M. A. G. Osmani
• Tefik Osmani
• Zuhra Osmani
• Allama Mufti Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani
• Muhammad Taqi Usmani
• Allama Mufti Maulana Muhammad Rafi Usmani
• Shabir Osmani
• Ishrat Hussain Usman former Chairman PAEC
• Tanzil Haider Usmani
• DR.SHAIK GULAM OSMANI
• General(Ret) Muzaffar Hussain Usmani former Deputy Chief of Pakistan Army
• M.M Usmani Chairman Pakistan Steel Mills.

• Zain Osmani

Given name

• Osmani Urrutia
• Daood Yunus Usmani
• Yousuf Aftab Osmani

See also

• Abbasi
• Alavi
• Behna
• Faooqi
• Gardezi
• Gilani
• Hashemi
• Quraishi
• Shaikh Siddiqui
• Siddiqui
• Mughal Tribe