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Siddiqui, (also rendered as Siddiqi, Siddiquee, Siddighi, Seddighi or Siddiquie) (Arabic: صدیقی) is a Muslim family name.

Contents 1 Origin 2 People named Siddiqui/Siddiqi 3 Siddiqis in the Horn of Africa 3.1 Notable Siddiqis from the Horn of Africa 3.2 See also

The name "Siddiqui" is derived from the word Siddiq, which means "truthful" in Arabic. "Siddiq" was the name of the first Khalifa (Caliph) of Prophet Mohammad (in the Sunni view), Abu Bakr Siddiq (Arabic: ابو بكر الصديق). Siddiqui signifies ancestry (purported or otherwise) from Abu Bakr.

The Siddiqui family is a multi ethnic community spread across Middle East, Africa and South Asia. One early plan for the division of India even proposed the idea of a region in the west part of India to be name Siddiquistan.

Between 1690 and the early 20th Century, the Indian District of Badaun was ruled by the Rohilla Siddiqi Nawabs. The direct descendants of this particular family currently reside in Pakistan and North America.

• Shahid Aziz Siddiqi, Former Federal Secretary, Government of Pakistan, grandson of the last Rohilla Siddiqi Nawab of Badaun

• Shaikh Alauddin Siddiqui The current master of the Golden Naqshbandi Tariqa worldwide
• Aafia Siddiqui (1972- ), Pakistani alumna of MIT wanted by the FBI
• Sayed Nabi Siddiqui, Afghan police officer allegedly abused at US base
• Haroon Siddiqui, Indo-Canadian journalist
• Obaid Siddiqui, Indian neurogeneticist
• Maulana Rumi, Persian Poet
• Maulana Mohammad Abdur-Rahman Syed Siddiqui, Renowned scholar of Hyderabad, a great Urdu writer and poet, and former chairman of MCC (Muslim Communtiy Center) in Chicago.
• Nawab Chaudhry Ismail Siddiqi, Last Rohilla Nawab of Badaun
• Nawab Chaudhry Sibghatulla Khan Siddiqi, 6th Rohilla Nawab of Badaun, Freedom Fighter
• Justice (Retd) Saeed uz Zaman Siddiqui, Former Chief Justice of Pakistan
• Gp Capt (Retd) Shabbir Ahmed Siddiqui, fighter pilot in Pakistan Air Force & now a beaurucrat
• Dr. A.H.Siddiqui renowned dermatologist, Netherlands
• Dr. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (1897-1994), Eminent Muslim Scientist and founder of PCSIR
• Faruq Ahmad Siddiqi (1946-), Former Commerce Secretary of Bangladesh, and currently the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Bangladesh
• Sameer Ali Siddiqi (1986-), Undergraduate Student at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT
• Ahmed Kristopher-Barry Siddiqi (1980-), Canadian Born Comedian

One of the geographic areas where Siddiqis are commonly found is Horn of Africa in the Countries of Ethiopia , Somalia and Djibouti. However, In this countries they are not called Siddiqi rather they are known by other local names. Siddiqis in East Ethiopia are usually called Qallu . Some of them speak Arabic still now. But most of them speak the local Oromo , Harari or Somali languages. The tradition here is that the Siddiqis made themself part of the indegenious African ethinic group accepting the name given to them, but maintaining their own identity. So, in Ethiopia, they are Usually known as Qallu . And in Somalia, they are commonly known as Sheikhal or Aw-Qutub. The notabe Siddiqi families in Ethiopia include

1. Kurtu family in Harar, Deder , and Djibouti

2. Aw Barre family

3. Aw Ismael family

4. Qallu-Diinii family

5. Khabir Hassan family in Gelemso

6. Aw Samirren family

7. Aw Khalaf family

The common ancestor of all Siddiqi families of The Horn of Africa is known as Shiekh Omar Ziyad Al-Siddiq . The tradition of the [Siddiqis]] tells that it was this Shiekh who came from Yemen and settled at the town of Aw Barre , on the border of Ethiopia and Somalia, and gave birth to his six sons whom the Siddiqis count as their fathers. The Shiekh was a Shafi'i mujtahid and Scholar of Hadith.

Notable Ethiopian Siddiqis include Ahmad Taqi

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