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Arabs in India, the Glossary

Arabs in India are people with Arab origins who have over a long period of time, settled in the Indian subcontinent.^[1]

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Abdul Qadir Gilani

Abdul Qadir Gilani (عبد القادر الجيلاني, عبدالقادر گیلانی) was a Hanbali scholar, preacher, and Sufi leader who was the eponym of the Qadiriyya, one of the oldest Sufi orders.

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Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī, Ebu Eyyûb el-Ensarî, died c. 674) — born Khalid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb ibn Tha'laba (Khālid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb ibn Thaʿlaba) in Yathrib — was from the tribe of Banu Najjar, was a close companion (Arabic: الصحابه, sahaba) and the standard-bearer of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

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Abu Bakr

Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa (23 August 634), commonly known by the kunya Abu Bakr, was the first caliph, ruling from 632 until his death in 634.

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Adnan

Adnan (ʿAdnān) the Patriarch is the traditional ancestor of the Adnanite Arabs of Northern, Western, Eastern and Central Arabia, as opposed to the Qahtanite Arabs of Southern Arabia who descend from Qahtan.

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Adnanites

The Adnanites (عدنانيون) were a tribal confederation of the Ishmaelite Arabs, who trace their lineage back to Ishmael son of the Islamic prophet and patriarch Abraham and his wife Hagar through Adnan, who originate from the Hejaz. Arabs in India and Adnanites are Arab ethnic groups.

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Al-Hashimi (surname)

Al-Hashimi, also transliterated Al-Hashemi (الهاشمي), Hashemi, Hashimi, or Hashmi (هاشمی) is an Arabic and Persian surname.

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Alawi

Alawi (علوي), also transliterated as Alevi, Alevi, Alavi, Alvi, Alawid, or Alawite (Alaouite), is an adjective denoting "of or related to Ali", the Prophet Muhammad's cousin.

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Ali

Ali ibn Abi Talib (translit) was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from 656 to 661, as well as the first Shia imam.

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Ali al-Hadi

ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Hādī (عَلي إبن مُحَمَّد الهادي; 828 – 868 CE) was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the tenth Imam in Twelver Shia, succeeding his father, Muhammad al-Jawad.

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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh (abbr. AP) is a state in the southern coastal region of India.

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Ansar (Islam)

The Ansar or Ansari (The Helpers' or 'Those who bring victory) are the local inhabitants of Medina who took the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers (the Muhajirun) into their homes when they emigrated from Mecca during the hijra. Arabs in India and Ansar (Islam) are Arab ethnic groups.

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Ansari (nesba)

Al-Ansari or Ansari is an Arab community, found predominantly in the Arab and South Asian countries.

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Arab diaspora

Arab diaspora is a term that refers to descendants of the Arab emigrants who, voluntarily or as forcibly, migrated from their native lands to non-Arab countries, primarily in the Americas, Europe, Southeast Asia, and West Africa.

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Arabian Peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula (شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَة الْعَرَبِيَّة,, "Arabian Peninsula" or جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب,, "Island of the Arabs"), or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate.

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Arabic

Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.

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Arabs

The Arabs (عَرَب, DIN 31635:, Arabic pronunciation), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa.

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Arain

Arain (also known as Raeen) are a large Punjabi Muslim agricultural community with a strong political identity and level of organisation. Arabs in India and Arain are Muslim communities of India.

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Asaf Jahi dynasty

The Asaf Jahi was a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Hyderabad State.

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Asir Province

Asir Province was once a province of Saudi Arabia, which was located in the southwestern region of the country.

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Banu Asad

Banu Asad (بَنُو أَسَدْ) is an Arab tribe, descended from Asad ibn Khuzayma.

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Banu Hashim

The Banū Hāshim (بنو هاشم) is an Arab clan within the Quraysh tribe to which Muhammad Ibn Abdullah belonged, named after Muhammad's great-grandfather Hashim ibn Abd Manaf.

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Bengali language

Bengali, also known by its endonym Bangla (বাংলা), is an Indo-Aryan language from the Indo-European language family native to the Bengal region of South Asia.

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Bihar

Bihar is a state in Eastern India.

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Bukhari (surname)

Bukhari (بُخاری), also spelled as Bokhari, Bukhary or Bukhori, is a common surname in South Asia and in the Muslim world, meaning "from Bukhara" (a Persian speaking-majority city in today's Uzbekistan).

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Chaush

The Chaush or Chaus are an Indian Muslim community who are Hadhrami Arab descent. Arabs in India and Chaush are Arab diaspora in India, Arab ethnic groups, ethnic groups in India and Hadhrami people.

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Companions of the Prophet

The Companions of the Prophet (lit) were the disciples and followers of Muhammad who saw or met him during his lifetime, while being a Muslim and were physically in his presence.

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Delhi

Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi (ISO: Rāṣṭrīya Rājadhānī Kṣētra Dillī), is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India.

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Dhund (tribe)

Dhund is a tribe found in the Abbottabad and Rawalpindi District, as well as Mansehra, Haripur, Bagh, and Muzaffarabad districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Kashmir in Pakistan.

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Farooqui

Farooqui (الفاروقي); also transliterated as Farooqi, Faruki or Al Farooqui), is a given name or surname of Arabic origin. Notable people with the surname include.

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Gujarat

Gujarat is a state along the western coast of India.

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Gujarati language

Gujarati (label) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people.

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Gujarati people

The Gujarati people, or Gujaratis, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who reside in or can trace their ancestry or heritage to a region of the Indian subcontinent primarily centered in the present-day western Indian state of Gujarat. Arabs in India and Gujarati people are ethnic groups in India and social groups of Gujarat.

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Hadharem

The Hadharem (ḥaḍārim) or the Hadhrami (ḥaḍramī, singular) are an Arab sub-ethnic group indigenous to the Hadhramaut region in South Arabia, which is part of modern-day eastern Yemen and their own dialect, Hadhrami Arabic. Arabs in India and Hadharem are Arab ethnic groups and Hadhrami people.

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Hadhramaut

Hadhramaut (Ḥaḍramawt / Ḥaḍramūt; Hadramautic: 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩩, Ḥḍrmt) is a geographic region in South Arabia, comprising eastern Yemen, parts of western Oman and southern Saudi Arabia.

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Haplogroup G-M201

Haplogroup G (M201) is a human Y-chromosome haplogroup.

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Haplogroup J (Y-DNA)

Haplogroup J-M304, also known as J,ISOGG (2 February 2016).

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Haryana

Haryana (ISO: Hariyāṇā) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country.

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Hasan ibn Ali

Hasan ibn Ali (translit; 2 April 670) was an Alid political and religious leader.

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Hassani

Hassani may refer to.

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Hejaz

The Hejaz (also; lit) is a region that includes the majority of the west coast of Saudi Arabia, covering the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif and Baljurashi.

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Hindi

Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script.

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Husayn ibn Ali

Imam Husayn ibn Ali (translit; 11 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a social, political and religious leader.

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Husseini

Husseini (also spelled Hussaini people's, Husaini, Hecini, Hosseini, Houssaini or Husayni, حسیني) is an Arabic surname.

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Hyderabad

Hyderabad (ISO) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana.

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India–Saudi Arabia relations

India–Saudi Arabia relations, also referred to as Indian-Saudi relations or Indo-Saudi relations, are the bilateral relations between the Republic of India and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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India–United Arab Emirates relations

India–United Arab Emirates relations are the bilateral relations that exist between the Republic of India and the United Arab Emirates.

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Indian English

Indian English (IE) is a group of English dialects spoken in the Republic of India and among the Indian diaspora.

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Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari

Sayyid Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari (سید جلال الدین سرخ پوش بخاری, c. 595-690 AH, 1190 – 1295 CE was a saint from the Indian subcontinent. He belonged to the Jalali Sufi order and was descended from the 10th Shia Imam, Ali al-Hadi. Arabs in India and Jalaluddin Surkh-Posh Bukhari are Indian people of Arab descent.

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Karnataka

Karnataka (ISO), also known colloquially as Karunāḍu, is a state in the southwestern region of India.

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Kashmir

Kashmir is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.

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Kashmiri language

Kashmiri or Koshur (Kashmiri) is a Dardic Indo-Aryan language spoken by around 7 million Kashmiris of the Kashmir region, primarily in the Kashmir Valley of the Indian-administrated union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, over half the population of that territory.

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Kayastha

Kayastha or Kayasth denotes a cluster of disparate Indian communities broadly categorised by the regions of the Indian subcontinent in which they were traditionally locatedthe Chitraguptavanshi Kayasthas of North India, the Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhus of Maharashtra, the Bengali Kayasthas of Bengal and Karanas of Odisha.

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Kerala

Kerala (/), called Keralam in Malayalam, is a state on the Malabar Coast of India.

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Konkani Muslims

Konkani Muslims (or Kokani Muslims) are an ethnoreligious subgroup of the Konkani people of the Konkani region along the west coast of India, who practice Islam. Arabs in India and Konkani Muslims are Muslim communities of India.

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Kozhikode

Kozhikode, also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India.

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Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh (meaning 'central province') is a state in central India.

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Maharashtra

Maharashtra (ISO: Mahārāṣṭra) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau.

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Malabar Coast

The Malabar Coast is the southwestern region of the Indian subcontinent.

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Malappuram district

Malappuram, is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala, with a coastline of.

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Malayalam

Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people.

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Mangalore

Mangalore, officially known as Mangalururomanized: Maikala)-->, is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 14 km north of Karnataka–Kerala border and 297 km south of Goa.

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Medina

Medina, officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah, is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.

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Middle East

The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.

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Mir

Mir (Мир) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by the Russian Federation.

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Momin Ansari

The Momin Ansari (مومن أنصاري) or Saudagar are a Muslim community of merchants found mainly in India, Pakistan, and Nepal.

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Mu'in al-Din Chishti

Mu'in al-Din Hasan Chishti Sijzi (February 1143March 1236), known reverentially as Khawaja Gharib Nawaz, was a Persian Islamic scholar and mystic from Sistan, who eventually ended up settling in the Indian subcontinent in the early 13th-century, where he promulgated the famous Chishtiyya order of Sunni mysticism. Arabs in India and Mu'in al-Din Chishti are Indian people of Arab descent.

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Muhammad

Muhammad (570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam.

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Muhammad ibn al-Qasim

Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Thaqafī (محمد بن القاسمالثقفي; –) was an Arab military commander in service of the Umayyad Caliphate who led the Muslim conquest of Sindh (and Punjab, part of ancient Sindh), inaugurating the Umayyad campaigns in India.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Mysore

Mysore, officially Mysuru, is the second-most populous city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

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Naqvi

The Naqvis are people found predominantly in Iran, Iraq, and the South Asian countries. Arabs in India and Naqvi are Muslim communities of India.

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Nizam of Hyderabad

Nizam of Hyderabad was the title of the ruler of Hyderabad State (part of the Indian state of Telangana, the Marathwada region of Maharashtra and the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka).

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Persian language

Persian, also known by its endonym Farsi (Fārsī|), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages.

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Princely state

A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to a subsidiary alliance and the suzerainty or paramountcy of the British crown.

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Prophets and messengers in Islam

Prophets in Islam (translit) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's message on Earth and serve as models of ideal human behaviour.

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Punjab, India

Punjab (Also and other variants) is a state in northwestern India.

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Punjab, Pakistan

Punjab (abbr. PB) is a province of Pakistan.

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Purvanchal

Purvanchal is a subregion of the larger Bhojpuri region.

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Quraysh

The Quraysh (قُرَيْشٌ) was an Arab tribe that inhabited and controlled Mecca and its Kaaba.

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Qureshi

Qureshi is a surname common in some Muslim countries.

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Rajasthan

Rajasthan (lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northwestern India.

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Rajput

Rajput (from Sanskrit rājaputra meaning "son of a king"), also called Thakur, is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. Arabs in India and Rajput are ethnic groups in India and social groups of Gujarat.

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Rander

Rander (also known as Rahe Neer or the City of Mosques) is a town in Surat district in the state of Gujarat, India.

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Rashidun Caliphate

The Rashidun Caliphate (al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the first caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

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Sayyid

Sayyid (سيد;; meaning 'sir', 'Lord', 'Master'; Arabic plural: سادة; feminine: سيدة) is an honorific title of Hasanids and Husaynids Muslims, recognized as descendants of the Arab companion Ali through his sons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali.

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Shaikhs in North India

Shaikh, also rendered as Sheikh, Sheik, Shaik, Shaykh, Shaikh, Shekh, Cheikh, Šeih, Šejh, Şeyh and other variants (Arabic: شيخ, shaykh; pl. شيوخ shuyūkh), is a title given to many South Asian Muslim castes. Arabs in India and Shaikhs in North India are Muslim communities of India.

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Sheikh

Sheikh (shaykh,, شُيُوخ, shuyūkh) is an honorific title in the Arabic language, literally meaning "elder".

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Shia Islam

Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam.

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Sindh

Sindh (سِنْدھ,; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind) is a province of Pakistan.

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South Arabia

South Arabia is a historical region that consists of the southern region of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia, mainly centered in what is now the Republic of Yemen, yet it has also historically included Najran, Jizan, Al-Bahah, and 'Asir, which are presently in Saudi Arabia, and Dhofar of present-day Oman.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabs_in_India

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Arabs in India, the Glossary

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Arab diaspora in India

Diasporas in India

Muslim communities of Gujarat

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