Shaikh Siddiqui (Arabic: شيخ صدیقی ) is a word in the Arabic meaning truthful. It is a common family name signifying ancestory from Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (Arabic: ابو بكر الصديق), first Khalifa (Caliph) of Islam.

The Siddiqui family is a multiethnic community in South Asia.

See also

• History of Arabs in Afghanistan
• Paracha
• Abbasi
• Alavi
• Farooqi
• Gardezi
• Gilani
• Hashemi
• Osmani
• Quraishi
• Sayyid
• Shaikh
• Siddiqui
• Chinioti Shaikh
• Qallu
• Siddiqis in the Horn of Africa
• Shaikhs in South Asia
• Punjabi Shaikh
• Kashmiri Shaikh
• Khawaja Shaikh
• Qanungoh Shaikh

References

• Shaikh Siddiqui