- Farooqi
Farooqui ( _ar. فاروقي ) (also spelt as Farooqi, Faruki , Farouki or Faruqi), is a distinct
Muslim family name or surname or last name.Origin
The name purportedly signifies ancestry from Hazrat
Umar ibn al-Khattāb ( _ar. عمر ابن الخطاب), the secondCaliph ofIslam . Caliph Umar was also titled 'Umar al-Farooq' (the Redeemer).Origins of Farooqis in India and SouthEast Asia
Sheikh
Ibrahim Bin Adham , who was the great grandson ofUmar ibn al-Khattāb , travelled up toAfghanistan in around the 9th century ADOne of his great grandsons, Farrukh Shah Kabuli, was the ruler of
Kabul andGhazni .Farrukh Shah's son died fightingHulagu Khan , the grandson ofGenghis Khan . The family got uprooted and most moved to Punjab. There, one of the great grandsonsBaba Farid made a name as aSufi Saint and also travelled toDelhi . One of his great grandsons, Naseeruddin Chirag-e-Dehli, also made a name as a Sufi Saint.Today Farooquis are a multilingual muslim community spread across
Turkey ,Romania ,Afghanistan ,Pakistan andIndia .Farooqui Clans in
Turkey Much heritage from the Farooqi clans have been traced back to
Turkey . Another grandson of SheikhIbrahim Bin Adham , apparently travelled back west towardsConstantinople in today'sTurkey and set up a political business that helped set their powerful grip in the establishment of the Ottoman Turks years later. Many took leadership roles and became powerful magistrates for many provinces. It is also said that Farooqis from Turkey migrated to Hyderabad during British control in Northern India, seeking Business and political advantages.Farooqi Clans in
Saudi Arabia Although the children of
Umar ibn al-Khattāb are known asEl-Umari or Al-Omery inSaudi Arabia , some Farooqis went back to Saudi Arabia fromIndia andPakistan and retained the family name Al-Farooqi.Farouki Clans in
Palestine The Taji-Farouki family, originating from the Arabian Peninsula, has a history of over seven hundred years in Palestine. They were large land-owners and citrus-growers, but they left the country after the Israeli occupation in 1948. Now they mainly live in large concentrations in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the West.
Ismail al-Faruqi was a famous Palestinian-American philosopher.Farooqi Clans in
Iraq Farooqi clans in
Iraq are known asEl-Umari or Al-Omari.See also
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Paracha
*El-Umari
*Abbasi
*Alavi
*Gardezi
*Gilani
*Hashemi
*Osmani
*Quraishi
*Sayyid
*Shaikh
*Shaikh Siddiqui
*Siddiqui
*www.farooqui.tribalpages.com .... family portal of one of the farooqui family drive from Qazi Ghulam Rasool Farooqui.Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farooqi"
References
www.farooqui.tribalpages.com .... family portal of one of the farooqui family drive from Qazi Ghulam Rasool Farooqui.
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