Sindhi Shaikh

Shaikh
Total population
6,503,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups

Sheikh (Arabic and Urdu: شيخ‎), is an Arabic word meaning elder of a tribe, lord, revered old man, or Islamic scholar. The Shaikh of Sindh are one of the larger communities of the Sindhi Muslims ethnic group. They speak the various dialects of Sindhi, depending on their place of residence. The Shaikh are largely urban community, residing in the towns and cities of Sindh. Shaikhs have different community in them, namely baghdadi, sanjogi, nangani, deewan and chatani.[2]

Origin

In South Asia, it is used as an ethnic title generally attributed to Muslim trading families descended from the higher clans and are generally very rich and powerful in the local administration and economy.[3] Shaikh families are descended from Muslim technocrats, bureaucrats, soldiers, traders, scientists, architects, teachers, theologians and Sufis who travelled from the rest of the Muslim world to the Islamic Sultanate in South Asia and settled permanently. In Sindh, the families of the Makhdums of Hala are Siddiqui Shaikhs, who arrived from Central Asia. The shaikhs who migrated from the Arab lands as Sufis conjointly lived with the existing wealthy Shaikh inhabitants of Larkana, Sukkur, Shadadkot, Shikarpur and Khairpur while now they have spread throughout Sindh, making a worthy population around 1 Million. [Sindh - Pakistan].

Distinguished Sindhi Shaikhs

●Muhammad Bux(M.A) shaikh from gambat district khairpur mir's .former commissioner Hyderabad and former registrar co-operative societies sindh.

  • Imran Ali Shaikh, Deputy Director Investigation National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Sindh Karachi, is from Larkana City District Larkana.
  • Shaikh Ayaz, Sindhi poet of Pakistan
  • Marium Mukhtiar, Flying Officer Marium Mukhtiar Shaikh was the first lady pilot of Pakistan, martyred on duty on Nov. 24th 2015, daughter of Col. (R) Mukhtiar Ahmed Shaikh, a retired colonel of Pakistan Army hailing from an honorable family of Pano Aqil, Sindh.
  • Najmuddin Shaikh, Former Foreign Secretary, Pakistan
  • Asif Ali Shaikh, Senior Bureaucrat from Sukkur Sindh
  • Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh, MPA Shikarpur Pakistan people's party PS 11
  • Ghulam Shabir Shaikh, Former IGP Sindh, Pakistan
  • Nazir Ahmed Shaikh; President Shaikh Brathery Larkana and Ex Taluka Nazim Larkana.
  • Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Federal Finance Minister, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Ayub Shaikh, Chairman Employees' Old Age Benefits Institution, Pakistan
  • Afzal Ahmed sheikh, Former Foreign Secretary, Pakistan [4]
  • Maqbool Shaikh, Former Provincial Minister for Food and Health, Sindh
  • Abdul Ghaffar Shaikh, Ex Managing Director Naudero Sugar Mills and Currently Advocate Highcourt Larkana & Shahdadkot
  • Faryaz Nisar Shaikh, Vice Chairman Sindh Naujawan Shaikh Ittehad, Sindh
  • Imam Bux Shaikh, Former General Secretary Peoples Students Federation Karachi, Former General Secretary Peoples Engineers Forum Sindh, Famous Student Leader of Pakistan.
  • Aijaz Ali Shaikh, Famous political figure and a landlord from District Qambar-Shahdadkot, Former Chairman of Larkana city.
  • Sindhis are well known for their status.
  • Dr.Ghulam Ahmed Shaikh, Federal and Sindh Government Pakistan Railways doctor (Radiologist)
  • Mir Mohammad Shaikh, Advocate Supreme Court- Advocate General Sindh ( Family Lawyer of the Bhutto Family).
  • Samir Mir Shaikh, A prominent businessman and industrialist, Appointed Justice of Peace Karachi, By Chief Minister Sindh & Chairman Higher Education, Science & Technology FPCCI . In 2017 * Samir Mir Shaikh was also appointed as Secretary Press & Head of academics division of United Nation Pakistan, He is the son of Mir Mohammad Shaikh Former Adcovate general Sindh.
  • Engr Qamar Uddin Shaikh, Former Executive Engineer Hesco, Ministry of Power/Water - Pakistan, is from Sukkur City, District Sukkur
  • Ashfaque Hussain Shaikh, Audit Officer Defence Services, Ministry of Defence Larkana, Shahdadkot -Sindh

Mr. Ghulam Shabir Shaikh, Retd. Executive Engineer, WAPDA, from Gambat, district khairpur. Dr. Naveed Ahmed Shaikh from Shikarpur an expert economist with doctrate from Germany.

See also

  • PSP OFFICERS in Sindh Police
  • Dr. Aamir Ahmed Shaikh DIG Munir Ahmed Shaikh DIG Abdullah Shaikh DIG Mazhar Nawaz Shaikh DIG
  • afzal ahmed sheikh

References

  1. ↑ http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=18084&rog3=PK
  2. ↑ Gazetteer of West Pakistan, the Former Province of Sind Including Khairpur State. Gazetteer Cell, Board of Revenue, Lahore 1968 by H. T Sorely
  3. ↑ Gazetteer of West Pakistan, the Former Province of Sind Including Khairpur State. Gazetteer Cell, Board of Revenue, Lahore 1968 by H. T Sorely
  4. ↑ http://www.eobi.gov.pk/network/chair-eobi.html
 5. ^ http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-288631-Samir-Shaikh-is-Karachi-Easts-Justice-of-Peace
 6. ^ http://www.pstimes.com/2014/07/28/karachi-prominent-businessman-samir-mir-shaikh-hosted-an-iftar-dinner-at-a-local-hotel-it-was-attended-by-politicians-government-officials-bureaucrats-and-diplomats-picture-shows-senior-minister/


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