Kashmiri Shaikh or Kashmiri Sheikh (Template:Lang-ur) mainly live in Kashmir regions of Pakistan and India. The Kashmiri Shaikhs are considered to be a clan of Kashmiri origin also found predominantly in Pakistan Punjab and also in India.
After the advent of Islam into Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent, a significant number of Hindu Brahmins (of Kashmiri origin)[1] reverted to Islam and adopted the title of Shaikh and later migrated to other regions. In Punjab, they are known as Kashmiri Shaikh. The Kashmiri Shaikhs are predominantly urban.
Notable people
- Sheikh Abdullah, Kashmiri politician
- Ghulam Ahmad, Pakistani forestry official and businessman
- Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, Pakistani politician
- Allama Muhammad Iqbal, A Kashmiri Sheikh belonging originally to the Sapru Clan.
See also
References
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