Farooqi
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Farooqui (also spelt as Farooki,Faroqui, Farooqi, Faruki , Farouki or Faruqi), is a distinctt name or surname or last name.
of Islam
. Caliph Umar was also titled 'Umar al-Farooq' (the Redeemer).
, who was the great grandson of Umar ibn al-Khattāb, travelled up to modern day Afghanistan
in around the 9th century AD
One of his great grandsons, Farooq Shah Kabuli, was the ruler of Kabul
and Ghazni
.
Farooq Shah's son died fighting Hulagu Khan
, the grandson of Genghis Khan
.
The family got uprooted and most moved to the area which is now the modern day Punjab
.
There, one of the great grandsons Baba Farid made a name as a Sufi Saint and also travelled to Dehli Farooqui's(Ghazi) in India (Meeruth,Doraha,Jhalod,Depalpur,Mungavli). The Farooqui clan also moved in under the Ottoman
rule during the late 16th century and eventually lost there name under the title of Ghazi. They employed Sipahi
under the casted families including Sayyid
, Mughal
, Qureshi, Shaikh, Pathan, Parmar, Ghori, Rathore, Kokwana, Bhelim, Khokhar and Soomra. One notable member of the Farooqui clan was Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I
. The father of the First "Later Mughal" Emperor (of non-Indian subcontinent descent), and later Nizam of Hyderabad rule.
The name "Farooqi" or "Farooqui" reappeared from time to time as the Nizam family grew too large, as Farooqui was more or less of a title of reference (to Umar ibn al-Khattāb) rather than a Family name until the mid 19th century. They're official residence was Chowmahalla Palace
. It later grew to Falaknuma Palace
, Bashir Bagh Palace, etc, under the Jah title.
Today Farooquis are a multilingual Muslim community spread across Turkey
, Romania
, Pakistan
, India
and parts of Europe.......
Farooqi Clans in Saudi Arabia
Although the children of Umar ibn al-Khattāb are known as El-Umari or Al-Omery in Saudi Arabia
, some Farooqis went back to Arabian Peninsula and Palestine from Today's India
and Pakistan
and retained the family name Al-Farooqi or Al-Farouki during the late crusades. Possibly as fighters or war profiteers.
Farouki Clans in Palestine
The El Khairi-Farouki family, originating from the Arabian Peninsula they are also descendants of Umar ibn al-Khattāb, the second Caliph, and has a history of over seven hundred years in Palestine. The Khairi-Farouki family were living mostly in Ramlah(eh). They were large land-owners and citrus-growers, but they left the country after the Israeli occupation in 1948. Now they mainly live in large concentrations in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and the West. El Khairi is the name of a prominent Palestinian Arab clan.
Sheikh Mustafa Yousef Ahmad Abdelrazzaq El-Khairi (El-Khayri) The Mayor of Ramla (1920-1947)
He was the last mayor of Ramla before the Israeli occupation.
The El Khairi family are mentioned in "The object of memory: Arab and Jew narrate the Palestinian village By Susan Slyomovics"
http://books.google.com/books?id=Mq5W3XjrbxUC&pg=PA247&lpg=PA247&dq=Ramlah+Khayri&source=bl&ots=tE3bjtka_i&sig=p20Llf_2V9BQ6GciaWTzrhpLtdA&hl=en&ei=IzXQToT6GsixhAfI4LSxDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Ramlah%20Khayri&f=false
Movie theater owned by El Khairi-Farouki family in Ramla:
http://www.palestineremembered.com/al-Ramla/al-Ramla/Picture9026.html
Ismail al-Faruqi
was a famous Palestinian-American philosopher. (Note: The El Khairi-Farouki family has no relation to the al-Faruqi family)
The El Khairi-Farouki family and Taji-Farouki family are from the same ancestry and origins. They have different surnames because of the two brothers, Taj al-Din al-Farouki and Khayr al-Din al-Farouki.
Origin
The name purportedly signifies ancestry from Hazrat Umar ibn al-Khattāb , the second CaliphCaliph
The Caliph is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the ruler of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah. It is a transcribed version of the Arabic word which means "successor" or "representative"...
of Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
. Caliph Umar was also titled 'Umar al-Farooq' (the Redeemer).
Origins of Farooquis in South Asia and South East Asia
Sheikh Ibrahim Bin AdhamIbrahim Bin Adham
Ibrahim ibn Adham is one of the most prominent of the early ascetic Sufi saints.The story of his conversion is one of the most celebrated in Sufi legend, as that of a prince renouncing his throne and choosing asceticism closely echoing the legend of Gautama Buddha.Sufi tradition ascribes to...
, who was the great grandson of Umar ibn al-Khattāb, travelled up to modern day Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
in around the 9th century AD
One of his great grandsons, Farooq Shah Kabuli, was the ruler of Kabul
Kabul
Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...
and Ghazni
Ghazni
For the Province of Ghazni see Ghazni ProvinceGhazni is a city in central-east Afghanistan with a population of about 141,000 people...
.
Farooq Shah's son died fighting Hulagu Khan
Hulagu Khan
Hulagu Khan, also known as Hülegü, Hulegu , was a Mongol ruler who conquered much of Southwest Asia...
, the grandson of Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan , born Temujin and occasionally known by his temple name Taizu , was the founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death....
.
The family got uprooted and most moved to the area which is now the modern day Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
.
There, one of the great grandsons Baba Farid made a name as a Sufi Saint and also travelled to Dehli Farooqui's(Ghazi) in India (Meeruth,Doraha,Jhalod,Depalpur,Mungavli). The Farooqui clan also moved in under the Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
rule during the late 16th century and eventually lost there name under the title of Ghazi. They employed Sipahi
Sipahi
Sipahi was the name of several Ottoman cavalry corps...
under the casted families including Sayyid
Sayyid
Sayyid is an honorific title, it denotes males accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husain ibn Ali, sons of the prophet's daughter Fatima Zahra and his son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib.Daughters of sayyids are given the titles Sayyida,...
, Mughal
Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire , or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...
, Qureshi, Shaikh, Pathan, Parmar, Ghori, Rathore, Kokwana, Bhelim, Khokhar and Soomra. One notable member of the Farooqui clan was Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I
Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I
Mir Shahâb ud-Din Siddiqi titled Farzand-i-Arjumand, Nawab Ghazi ud-din Khan Siddiqi Bahadur, Feroze Jung, Sipah Salar was the son of Kilich Khan II Khwaja Abid Siddiqi the Sadr us Sudur of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb and was raised to the rank of an Amir with the initial titles of Ghazi ud-Din...
. The father of the First "Later Mughal" Emperor (of non-Indian subcontinent descent), and later Nizam of Hyderabad rule.
The name "Farooqi" or "Farooqui" reappeared from time to time as the Nizam family grew too large, as Farooqui was more or less of a title of reference (to Umar ibn al-Khattāb) rather than a Family name until the mid 19th century. They're official residence was Chowmahalla Palace
Chowmahalla Palace
Chowmahalla Palace or Chowmahallat , was a palace belonging to the Nizams of Hyderabad state. It was the seat of the Asaf Jahi dynasty and was the official residence of the Nizam....
. It later grew to Falaknuma Palace
Falaknuma Palace
Falaknuma Palace is one of the finest palaces in Hyderabad, India belonging to the Paigah State but later owned by the Nizams. It is located on a 32 acre, 19400 square meters area. It is located in Falaknuma, 5 km. from Charminar was built by Nawab Vikar-ul-Umra, the then Prime Minister of...
, Bashir Bagh Palace, etc, under the Jah title.
Today Farooquis are a multilingual Muslim community spread across Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and parts of Europe.......
Farooqi Clans in Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
Although the children of Umar ibn al-Khattāb are known as El-Umari or Al-Omery in Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
, some Farooqis went back to Arabian Peninsula and Palestine from Today's India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
and retained the family name Al-Farooqi or Al-Farouki during the late crusades. Possibly as fighters or war profiteers.
Farouki Clans in PalestinePalestinePalestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
The El Khairi-Farouki family, originating from the Arabian Peninsula they are also descendants of Umar ibn al-Khattāb, the second Caliph, and has a history of over seven hundred years in Palestine. The Khairi-Farouki family were living mostly in Ramlah(eh). They were large land-owners and citrus-growers, but they left the country after the Israeli occupation in 1948. Now they mainly live in large concentrations in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and the West. El Khairi is the name of a prominent Palestinian Arab clan.Sheikh Mustafa Yousef Ahmad Abdelrazzaq El-Khairi (El-Khayri) The Mayor of Ramla (1920-1947)
He was the last mayor of Ramla before the Israeli occupation.
The El Khairi family are mentioned in "The object of memory: Arab and Jew narrate the Palestinian village By Susan Slyomovics"
http://books.google.com/books?id=Mq5W3XjrbxUC&pg=PA247&lpg=PA247&dq=Ramlah+Khayri&source=bl&ots=tE3bjtka_i&sig=p20Llf_2V9BQ6GciaWTzrhpLtdA&hl=en&ei=IzXQToT6GsixhAfI4LSxDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Ramlah%20Khayri&f=false
Movie theater owned by El Khairi-Farouki family in Ramla:
http://www.palestineremembered.com/al-Ramla/al-Ramla/Picture9026.html
Ismail al-Faruqi
Ismail al-Faruqi
Isma'il Raji al-Faruqi was a Palestinian-American philosopher, widely recognised by his peers as an authority on Islam and comparative religion. He spent several years at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, then taught at several universities in North America, including McGill University in Montreal...
was a famous Palestinian-American philosopher. (Note: The El Khairi-Farouki family has no relation to the al-Faruqi family)
The El Khairi-Farouki family and Taji-Farouki family are from the same ancestry and origins. They have different surnames because of the two brothers, Taj al-Din al-Farouki and Khayr al-Din al-Farouki.
See also
- Paracha
- El-Umari
- AbbasiAbbasiAbbasi is a prominent Islamic family name. - Origin :The Abbasid caliphate was founded by the descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's youngest uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, in Harran in 750 CE and shifted its capital in 762 to Baghdad...
- Alavi
- GardeziGardezi- Origin :The name denotes people from Gardez, the capital of the Paktia province in Afghanistan.The name denotes people from Gardez, one of the 34 provincial capitals in Afghanistan. As such, the surname is widespread among the people in Afghanistan. One of the most famous Gardezis is Abu Saʿīd...
- Gilani
- Hashemi
- OsmaniOsmaniUsmani or Osmani or Othmani or Uthmani is a large community , found mainly in South Asia. The word Usmani or Osmani is a surname adopted mainly by two castes in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.-Sheikh Usmani:The Shaikh Usmani are a Urdu speaking community, and many are found among the...
- QuraishiQuraishiQuraishi , is a family name that originates from Arabs in Saudi Arabia, particularly from the city of Mecca.- Lineage :...
- SayyidSayyidSayyid is an honorific title, it denotes males accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husain ibn Ali, sons of the prophet's daughter Fatima Zahra and his son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib.Daughters of sayyids are given the titles Sayyida,...
- Shaikh
- Shaikh Siddiqui
- SiddiquiSiddiquiSiddiqui, is a Muslim family name, found in the South Asia and the Middle East. Shaikh is an additional title used occasionally by Siddiqui/Siddique to signify their Arab heritage...