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* Molana [[Rumi]], Persian Poet |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
Revision as of 05:04, 29 July 2007
Siddiqui, (also rendered as Siddiqi, Siddiquee, Siddighi, Seddighi or Siddiquie) (Arabic: صدیقی) is a common Muslim family name.
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 Abu Bakr.
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
- Molana Rumi, Persian Poet
- Taher Siddiqui, INDIAN Author