Kashmiri Shaikh

Kashmiri Shaikh or Kashmiri Sheikh (Kashmiri: کٲشِری شیخ) is a Muslim community, who mainly live in the Kashmir and those who migrated to what is now Pakistani Punjab. The Kashmiri Shaikhs are considered to be a clan of Kashmiri origin also found predominantly in Pakistani Punjab and also in other parts of India.

Kashmiri Shaikh
کٲشِری شیخ
Languages
Kashmiri, Urdu
Religion
Islam

After the advent of Islam into Afghanistan and Indian subcontinent, a significant number of Hindu Brahmins[1] in Kashmir converted to Islam and adopted the title of Shaikh and later migrated to other regions of the country. In Punjab, they are known as Kashmiri Shaikhs. The Kashmiri Shaikhs are predominantly urban.

'According to the census return the number of Kashmiri Musulmans, who make up 60% of the inhabitants of the Jhelum River valley, was 765,442. They are no doubt mostly descendants of various Hindu castes, perhaps in the main of Hill Brahmans, but Islam has wiped out all tribal distinctions.[2]

Notable people

See also

References
  1. 9788176482363.
  2. The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province and Kashmir by Sir James Douie 1901, published by Low priced Publications, page 106
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