ETHNONYM: Shaikh

> Sheekhu waa muslimiin Sunni ah, kuna baahsan waqooyiga iyo bartamaha Hindiya iyo sidoo kale Pakistan iyo dhammaan Bangaladesh. Afarta kooxood ee Muslimiinta ugu waaweyn ee Koonfurta Aasiya, Sheekhyadu waxay ku jiraan kaalinta labaad, iyagoo ka hooseeya Sayidka laakiin waxay ka sarreeyaan Pathans iyo Moguls. Iyadoo aragti ahaan aysan jirin wax kala sareyn ah oo Islaamka ka jira, haddana sida caadada ah dadka afartaas kooxood ka soo jeeda inta badan isma guursadaan, si kastaba ha ahaatee, meelaha qaar waxaa dhici karta in la is guursado, iyadoo Sheekhu si gaar ah u guursado Sayidka. Iyadoo kooxaha dambe ay yihiin "Ashraf" (ajnebi, asal ahaan Bariga Dhexe), Sheekhyadu waxay ugu dambeyntii asal ahaan ka soo jeedaan Hinduuga maxalliga ah, inkastoo awoowayaashood laga yaabo inay soo islaameen qarniyo badan ka hor. Sheekhu waxay ku hawlan yihiin shaqooyin kala duwan oo magaalooyinka iyo beeraha ah. Raggu magaca “Sheekh” ama “Maxamed” ayay ka hor mariyaan magacyadooda, dumarkuna waxay leeyihiin “Biibi” magacyadooda.

> Sidoo kale eeg Mogul ; Muslim ; Pathan ; Sayid

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