Punjabi Shaikh
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Regions with significant populations | |
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Pakistan | |
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• Punjabi • English • Urdu | |
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Islam | |
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Shaikhs in South Asia |
Punjabi Shaikh and Pakistani sheikh or shaikh (Urdu: پنجابی شيخ) are a branch of the Shaikhs in South Asia. Shaikhs claim to be descend from Arabs, however this was almost never the case. In Punjab, the title shaikh was given to recent converts and not to those of Arab descent as a polite euphemism.[1][2]
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- ^ Robinson, Rowena (20 February 2004). Sociology of religion in India. ISBN 9780761997818.
- ^ Nyrop, Richard F. (1983). Pakistan a country study (4 ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 149.