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'''Punjabi Shaikh and Pakistani sheikh or shaikh''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq| پنجابی شيخ}}}}) are a branch of the ]. The family name is popularly known for its merchant-focused businessmen and noblemen in South Asia. This name is originally traced back to the Arab royals which had come to South Asia to establish Islam and also high caste Hindu converts to Islam. Khatri ,baniyaand brahmins converts to sheikh caste mainly khatri and baniya because these both caste belongs to business community in hinduism <ref>{{Cite book|date=20 February 2004|title=Sociology of religion in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q_0O8LxsWb8C&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=shaikh+occupational+caste#q=shaikh%20occupational%20caste|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=|isbn=9780761997818|last1=Robinson|first1=Rowena}}</ref> |
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'''Punjabi Shaikh and Pakistani sheikh or shaikh''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq| پنجابی شيخ}}}}) are a branch of the ]. The family name is popularly known for its merchant-focused businessmen and noblemen in South Asia. This name is originally traced back to the Arab royals which had come to South Asia to establish Islam and also high caste Hindu converts to Islam. Khatri ,baniya and brahmins converts to sheikh caste mainly khatri and baniya because these both caste belongs to business community in hinduism <ref>{{Cite book|date=20 February 2004|title=Sociology of religion in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q_0O8LxsWb8C&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=shaikh+occupational+caste#q=shaikh%20occupational%20caste|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=|isbn=9780761997818|last1=Robinson|first1=Rowena}}</ref> |
