Sheikh Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...

is an Arabic word meaning the elder of a tribe, a revered old man, or an Islamic scholar. Sheikh, Shaikh, or Sheykh may also refer to:

Communities

* Shaikhs in South Asia, a social and ethnic grouping in South Asia *

Kashmiri Shaikh Kashmiri Shaikh or Kashmiri Sheikh ( ks, ) is a Muslim community, which mainly live in Kashmir regions of India and Pakistan. The Kashmiri Shaikhs are considered to be a clan of Kashmiri people, Kashmiri origin also found predominantly in Paki ...

s, a large Kashmiri clan *

Gujarati Shaikh The Gujarati Shaikh are a Muslim community found in the state of Gujarat in India. The Shaikhs of Gujarat have no single definite origin, as anyone could take up the title "shaikh" and thus different groups could be called Shaikhs, regardless o ...

, a Muslim community found in the state of Gujarat *

Punjabi Shaikh Punjabi Shaikh and Pakistani Sheikh or Shaikh ( ur, ) are a branch of the Shaikhs in South Asia. In Punjab, the title ''shaikh'' was given to recent converts to Islam and not to those of Arab descent as a polite euphemism. The Shaikh caste we ...

s, a community found in Punjab consisting of Muslim converts from the Brahmins, Rajputs, and Khatris castes *

Rajasthani Shaikh The Shaikh of the Indian state of Rajasthan are part of the wider Shaikh community of South Asia. They form the largest single Muslim community of the state. Many members of Rajasthani Shaikh community have also migrated to Pakistan after inde ...

, a Muslim community found in the state of Rajasthan *

Shaikh of Bihar Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...

Shaikh of Uttar Pradesh The Shaikh are a Muslim community found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. There are four main sections in shaikhs namely siddiqi,farooqi,usmani,abbasi.They were so named because of their scholarly contributions and lineage. Word " Shaikh o ...

Sindhi Shaikh Sheikh (Arabic and ur, شيخ), is an Arabic word meaning elder of a tribe, lord, revered old man, or Islamic scholar. The Shaikh of Sindh are one of the larger communities of the Sindhi Muslims ethnic group. They speak the various dialects ...

s, a community found in Sindh consisting Muslim converts from the Lohana caste

People with the family name

Al ash-Sheikh The Al ash-Sheikh ( ar, آل الشيخ, '),Using the term ''the Al ash-Sheikh family'' is a pleonasm as the word ''Al'' already means ''family''. See Etymology. It would, in theory, be correct to use the term ''Family of the Sheikh'', but, unlik ...

, Saudi Arabia's leading religious family * Aamina Sheikh (born 1981), Pakistani American actress * Anwar Shaikh (critic of Islam) (1928–2006), Pakistani-born British author * Anwar Shaikh (economist) (born 1945), Pakistani American economist * Atif Sheikh (born 1991), English cricketer * Javed Sheikh (born 1954), Pakistani actor *

Mohammed Sheikh Mohammed Sheikh (born 2 July 1973) is an English cricketer. Born in Birmingham, he is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. In his nine years of first-class cricket he has played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club, Warwick ...

(born 1973), English cricketer * Saleem Sheikh (born 1967), Pakistani actor *

Shahnaz Sheikh Shahnaz Sheikh (born 21 March 1949) is a retired Pakistani field hockey player. He was born at Sialkot, Pakistan. He is related to Olympians Zahid Sheikh and Tariq Sheikh. In 2014, he was the head coach of Pakistan National Hockey Team. A f ...

, Pakistani hockey player * Sheikh Abdullah (1905–1982), first Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir *

Simon Sheikh Simon Sheikh (born 1986 in Sydney) is the CEO of superannuation fund Future Super and an Australian activist. He was the National Director of GetUp! from 2008 to 2012. He was a delegate to the economics stream of the Australia 2020 Summit and w ...

(born 1986), Australian community campaigner and economist

Places

Sheekh Sheikh ( so, Sheekh, ar, شَيخ), also known as Shiikh, is a town in the northwestern SahilSomalilan ...

, a town in Sahil Province, Somaliland *

Sheykh, Golestan Araz Ali Sheykh ( fa, ارازعلي شيخ, also Romanized as Arāz ‘Alī Sheykh and Ārāz ‘Alī Sheykh; also known as Shaikh and Sheykh) is a village in Zavkuh Rural District, Pishkamar District, Kalaleh County, Golestan Province, Iran ...

, a village in Iran *

Sheykh, Kurdistan Sheykh Attar ( fa, شيخ عطار, also Romanized as Sheykh ‘Aţţār and Shaikh Attār; also known as Sheykh) is a village in Gol-e Cheydar Rural District, Sarshiv District, Marivan County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its po ...

, a village in Iran *

Sheykh, North Khorasan Sheykh ( fa, شيخ) is a village in Garmkhan Rural District, Garmkhan District, Bojnord County, North Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western ...

, a village in Iran *

Sheykh, West Azerbaijan Molla Sheykh ( fa, ملاشيخ, also Romanized as Mollā Sheykh; also known as Sheykh) is a village in Baryaji Rural District, in the Central District of Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islami ...

, a village in Iran

Other uses

* "Sheikh" (song), a 2020 song by Indian singer Karan Aujla *

Sheikh (Sufism) A Sheikh or shaykh (Arabic: شيخ shaykh; ; pl. شيوخ shuyūkh), of Sufism is a Sufi who is authorized to teach, initiate and guide aspiring dervishes in the Islamic faith. He distracts himself from worldly riches and women. The sheik is vit ...

, a Sufi leader

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