Shamsi (name)

Chamsi (Arabic: شمسی‎) is a family name in Middle East, South Asia and North Africa

Etymology

The word Shamsi means of sun or solar. Shams means Sun and Shamsi means Sunny.

Shamsi Family

According to their tradition, they belonged to the Shamsi Family communities in Pakistan, India and Syria were converted to Islam by Sufi Saints Hazrat Shams Tabrizi and Hazrat Shahjamal Shamsul Arifeen. They often use the surname Shamsi ( a disciple of Shams), in his honor. Pilibhit, Bareilly, Rampur and Moradabad are the Cities of Uttar Pradesh in India where the shamsi community live in large number.

See also
  • Shamsi (disambiguation)
  • Shams (disambiguation)

References
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