Shaikh Siddiqui

Shaikh Siddiqui

Shaikh Siddiqui (Arabic: شيخ صدیقی ) is a word in the Arabic meaning truthful. It is a common family name signifying ancestory from Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (Arabic: ابو بكر الصديق), first Khalifa (Caliph) of Islam.

The Siddiqui family is a multiethnic community in South Asia.

See also

* History of Arabs in Afghanistan
* Paracha
* Abbasi
* Alavi
* Farooqi
* Gardezi
* Gilani
* Hashemi
* Osmani
* Quraishi
* Sayyid
* Shaikh
* Siddiqui
* Chinioti Shaikh
* Qallu
* Siddiqis in the Horn of Africa
* Shaikhs in South Asia
* Punjabi Shaikh
* Kashmiri Shaikh
* Khawaja Shaikh
* Qanungoh Shaikh

=References=
* [http://www.shaikhsiddiqui.com Shaikh Siddiqui]


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