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'''Fareedi or Faridi''' ({{lang-fa| فریدی }}), is a clan of the [[Farooqi]] tribe named after [[Fariduddin Ganjshakar|Farīduddīn Mas'ūd Ganjshakar]], a [[murid]] of a [[sheikh]] who belongs to the [[sufi]] order of Baba Fareed Shaker Gunj.<br />
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== Origin ==<br />
Descendants of [[Fariduddin Ganjshakar|Farīduddīn Mas'ūd Ganjshakar]], the [[Sufi]] [[Saint]] of [[Pakpattan|Pak Patan]] in [[Pakistan]]. Most Fareedis live in Pakistan while some have moved to what is [[India]] now, mostly in the province of [[Uttar Pradesh]], basically [[Badayun]] region. From there some moved forward to [[Bangladesh]].<br />
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Most Fareedis carry the name [[Farooqi]] but some carry the name Fareedi or Faridi. Some even carry the name Masudi or Masoodi. Those in charge of [[Fariduddin Ganjshakar|Farid]]'s carry the title [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] in addition to the name [[Farooqi]].<br />
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== Fareedis or Faridi in South India ==<br />
During the early days of the [[Hyderabad State|State of Hyderabad]], the Fareedis came to Kannahar which was later named Kandahar after the conquest by [[Nizam]]'s army which included [[Pashtun people|Pethans]] from [[Kandahar]]. The Nizam appointed them judges, ombudsmen, and aldermen due to their ancestry with [[Caliph]] [[Umar|Umer Bin Khattab]] who was known as Farooq for his judgement. These judges were based in [[Parbhani]] but were spread in neighboring areas of Bhoker, Basmatnagar, and Palam. A detailed history can be found in the royal [[Nizam]] archives and the books "Mashaheer-e-Qandhar" (Nobles of Kandahar) and "Khandan-e-Beed" (Families of [[Beed]]).<br />
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== Fictional character Fareedi ==<br />
Famous [[Urdu language|Urdu]] crime fiction novelist [[Ibn-e-Safi]] created a character called [[Ahmad Kamal Faridi]] which became very popular in the second half of twentieth century among [[Urdu language|Urdu]] readership. However [[Ibn-e-Safi]] shows him as an [[Afridi (Pashtun)|Afridi]] and also a descendant of [[Genghis Khan]]. Afridis are [[Pashtun people|Pashtuns]] in the tribal areas of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province in [[Pakistan]] while Fareedis claim their lineage of [[Caliph]] [[Umar]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Shaikh of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
* [[Chishti]]<br />
* [[Sufism]]<br />
* [[Fariduddin Ganjshakar|Fariduddin Masood Ganjshakar]]<br />
* [[Faridia Islamic University]]<br />
* [[Abdul Haque Faridi]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.jamiafaridia.org.pk/ Faridia Islamic University]<br />
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[[Category:Shaikh clans]]<br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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