Siddiqui

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Siddiqui, (also rendered as Siddiqi, Siddiquee, Siddighi, Seddighi or Siddiquie) (Arabic: صدیقی) is a common Muslim family name.

1 Origin
2 People named Siddiqui
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Origin

The name "Siddiqui" is derived from the word Siddiq, which means "truthful" in Arabic. "Siddiq" was the name of the first Khalifa (Caliph) of Sunnism, Abu Bakr Siddiq (Arabic: ابو بكر الصديق). Siddiqui signifies ancestry (purported or otherwise) from Hazrat Abu Bakr.

[edit] People named Siddiqui

The Siddiqui family is a multiethnic community spread across Middle East and South Asia.

Shaikh Alauddin Siddiqui The current master of the Golden Naqshbandi Tariqa worldwide
Aafia Siddiqui (1972- ), Pakistani alumna of MIT wanted by FBI
Sayed Nabi Siddiqui, Afghan police officer allegedly abused at US base
Haroon Siddiqui, Indo-Canadian journalist
Obaid Siddiqui, Indian neurogeneticist
Pete Siddiqui (1976- ), American attorney
Ibn Al- Jawzi, Historian
Molana Rumi, Persian Poet
Salim Uz Zaman Siddiqui, Pakistani Scientist
Professor Dr M.A Jawed Siddiqui, Pakistan's leading Consultant Radiologist who revolutionised radiology in Pakistan
Saeed Uz Zaman Siddiqui, Chief Justice, Supereme Court of Pakistan
Ainuddin Siddiqi, Last Chairman of State Petroleum (PERAC) 1995-1997

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Shaikh Siddiqui Family.

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