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This article is an extract from <br/>

PANJAB CASTES <br/>

SIR DENZIL CHARLES JELF IBBETSON, K.C. S.I. <br/>

Being a reprint of the chapter on <br/>
The Races, Castes and Tribes of <br/>
the People in the Report on the <br/>
Census of the Panjab published <br/>
in ''' 1883 ''' by the late Sir Denzil <br/>
Ibbetson, KCSI <br/>

Lahore : <br/>

Printed  by the Superintendent, Government Printing, Punjab, <br/>

1916. <br/>
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=Tribes and castes included under Shekh-Qureshi=
— The figures below shows the number of people who have returned themselves as Qureshi : — 
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The Qureshi is the Arab title which the Prophet belonged. Conse
quently it is the favourite tribe from which lo claim descent, and it is to be 
feared that comparatively few of those who have returned themselves as 
Qureshi have any real title to the name. Among those who so style themselves 
many claim to belono- to the Faruqis  or descendants of Umar the second Caliph, 
or to the Sadiqis or descendants of Abul Bakar the first Caliph, both of whom were 
Qureshi by tribe. But the term Sadiqi is often confused with Sidqi, a title 
derived from the same root and meaning the true ;but which, in the east of 
the Panjab at any rate, is commonly used as an equivalent to Naumuslim to 
distinguish converts of Indian descent from original Mahomedan immigrants.

==Naumuslim==

means nothing more than a new Musalman ; and only 3,491 
of our Shekhs have, by returning themselves as Shekh Naumuslim, admitted 
their true origin. These men are scattered in small numbers about the Pro
vince, but 1,437 of them are in Bahawalpur. 

==Ansari==
Ansari or auxiliaries was the title given to the believers of 
Medina who welcomed Mahomet after his flight from ^ Mecca ; and those who 
claim descent from these men style themselves Ansari. As many as 7,21 5 of 
our Shekhs have so returned themselves, of whom 1,501 are in Ambala, 1,539 
in Multan, and the rest scattered about the Province. One large section of 
the Shekhs of Panipat commonly style themselves Ansari ; but they would 
appear to have now returned themselves as Muhajarin. 

==Muhajarin==

The faithful who accompanied Mahomet in his Hajirah or 
flight from Mecca were called Muhajarin or the fugitives or emigrants,and 
their descendants still retain the title. In the Karnal district 8,560 persons have 
so returned themselves, and are doubtless the men of Panipat just alluded to.