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Gangohi (, ''Gangohī'') is a nisbat or
surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
derived from the name of the city of
Gangoh Gangoh is a town and a municipal board in Saharanpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It lies about 40 km south-west of Saharanpur city. Other nearby towns are Karnal, Haryana, which is about 35 km south-west of Gangoh; Yamunanag ...
in
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. The
Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
form is al-Kankuhi (, ''al-Kankūhī'') or al-Janjuhi (, ''al-Janjūhī'').


List of persons with the name

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Abdul Quddus Gangohi Abdul Quddus Gangohi (1456–1537) was an Indian Sufi scholar. Life He was a Sufi poet and Chisti shaykh. He belonged to the Sabiri branch of the Chishti silsila ''Silsila'' () is an Arabic language, Arabic word meaning ''chain'', ...
* Kifayatullah Gangohi *
Mahmud Hasan Gangohi Mahmood Hasan Gangohi (July 1907 – 2 September 1996) was an Indian mufti, Islamic scholar and former Head Mufti of Darul Uloom Deoband and Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur. He was the most senior disciple of Zakariyya Kandhlawi. Among his notable d ...
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Rashid Ahmad Gangohi Rashīd Aḥmad ibn Hidāyat Aḥmad Ayyūbī Anṣārī Gangohī (12 June 182611 August 1905) was a Deobandi Islamic scholar from Indian subcontinent, a leading figure of the Deobandi jurist and scholar of hadith, author of '' Fatawa-e-Rash ...
{{Surname Toponymic surnames Surnames of Indian origin Urdu-language surnames People from Saharanpur district Nisbas