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Kashmiri Shaikh or Kashmiri Sheikh (Kashmiri: کٲشِری شیخ) 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 origin also found predominantly in Pakistan Punjab and also in India. After the advent of Islam into Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent, a significant number of Hindu Brahmins converted to Islam and adopted the title of Shaikh and later migrated to other regions. In Punjab, they are known as Kashmiri Shaikh. The Kashmiri Shaikhs are predominantly urban.

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  • Kashmiri Shaikh or Kashmiri Sheikh (Kashmiri: کٲشِری شیخ) 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 origin also found predominantly in Pakistan Punjab and also in India. After the advent of Islam into Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent, a significant number of Hindu Brahmins converted to Islam and adopted the title of Shaikh and later migrated to other regions. In Punjab, they are known as Kashmiri Shaikh. The Kashmiri Shaikhs are predominantly urban. 'According to the census return the number of Kashmiri Musulmans, who make up 60% of the inhabitants of the Jhelum valley, was 765,442. They are no doubt mostly descendants of various Hindu castes, perhaps in the main of Hill Brahmans, but Islam has wiped out all tribal distinctions. 'The Hindu Kashmiri Pandits numbered 55,276. (en)
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  • Kashmiri Shaikh or Kashmiri Sheikh (Kashmiri: کٲشِری شیخ) 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 origin also found predominantly in Pakistan Punjab and also in India. After the advent of Islam into Afghanistan and the Indian subcontinent, a significant number of Hindu Brahmins converted to Islam and adopted the title of Shaikh and later migrated to other regions. In Punjab, they are known as Kashmiri Shaikh. The Kashmiri Shaikhs are predominantly urban. (en)
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