- Fareedi
A clan of the
Farooqi tribe named afterHazrat Baba Fareed Shaker Gunj . Amurid of asheikh who belongs to thesufi order of Baba Fareed Shaker Gunj.Origin
Descendants of
Hazrat Baba Fareed Shaker Gunj , theSufi Saint of Pak Patan. Most Fareedies moved to what isIndia now, mostly in the province of Uttar Pradesh. From there some moved forward toBangladesh .Most Fareedies carry the name
Farooqi but some carry the name Fareedi or Faridi. Some even carry the name Masudi or Masoodi. Those incharge of Baba Farid's carry the titleDiwan in addition to the nameFarooqi .Fareedies in South India
During the early days of the State of Hyderabad, the Fareedies came to Kannahar which was later named Kandahar after the conquest by
Nizam 's army which included Pethans fromKandahar . The Nizam appointed them judges, ombudsmen, and aldermen due to their ancestary withCaliph Umer Bin Khattab who was known as Farooq for his judgement. These judges were based inParbhani but were spread in neighboring areas of Bhoker, Basmatnagar, and Palam. A detailed history can be found in the royalNizam archives and the books "Mashaheer-e-Qandhar" (Nobles of Kandahar) and "Khandan-e-Beed" (Families ofBeed ).Fictional character Fareedi
Famous
Urdu crime fiction novelistIbn-e-Safi created a character calledAhmad Kamal Faridi which became very popular in the second half of twentieth century amongUrdu readership. HoweverIbn-e-Safi shows him as anAfridi and also a descendant ofGenghis Khan . Afridies are Pethans in the tribal area of North WestPakistan while Fareedies claim their lineage ofCaliph Umar .Farid Ahmed the famous US lawyer was also named after them.
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Chishti
*Sufism
*Baba Fariduddin Masood GanjshakarExternal links
* [http://www.jamiafaridia.org.pk/ Faridia Islamic University]
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