Shaikh usually refers to: *

Sheikh Sheikh ( , , , , ''shuyūkh'' ) is an honorific title in the Arabic language, literally meaning "elder (administrative title), elder". It commonly designates a tribal chief or a Muslim ulama, scholar. Though this title generally refers to me ...

, as an alternate Romanization; a term for elders, tribal leaders, and royalty in Arabic-influenced cultures It may also refer to:

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Shaikhs in South Asia ''Shaikh'', also rendered as ''Sheikh'', ''Sheik'', ''Shaik'', ''Shaykh'', ''Shaikh'', ''Shekh'', ''Cheikh'', ''Šeih'', ''Šejh'', ''Şeyh'' and other variants (Arabic: , ''shaykh''; pl. ''shuyūkh''), is a title given to many South Asian Musl ...

, a social and ethnic grouping in South Asia * Kashmiri Shaikhs, a large Kashmiri clan * Gujarati Shaikh, a Muslim community found in the state of Gujarat *

Punjabi Shaikh Punjabi Shaikh () is a Punjabi tribe and a branch of the Shaikhs in South Asia. In Punjab, the title ''Shaikh'' was given to recent converts to Islam and not to those of Arab descent as a polite euphemism. The Shaikh caste were originally agr ...

s, a community found in Punjab consisting of Muslim converts from the Brahmins, Rajputs, and Khatris castes * Shaikhs of Rajasthan, a Muslim community found in the state of Rajasthan * Shaikhs of Uttar Pradesh * Sindhi Shaikhs, a community found in Sindh consisting Muslim converts from the Lohana caste

People with the family name

* Anwar Shaikh (critic of Islam) (1928–2006), Pakistani-born British author *

Anwar Shaikh (economist) Anwar M. Shaikh ( Sindhi: انور شيخ) is a Pakistani American heterodox economist in the tradition of classical political economy and Marxian economics. He is Professor of Economics in the Graduate Faculty of Social and Political Science ...

(born 1945), Pakistani American economist * Arbaj Shaikh, Indian actor * Fatima Sana Shaikh (born 1992), Indian actress * Shaikh Aasif Shaikh Rashid Indian politician

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People with the family name

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