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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Khateek, Shaikh of Uttar Pradesh, Punjabi Shaikh, Momin Ansari, Qassab, Shaikh of Bihar, Siddiqui, Muslim Dhobi, Muslim Teli, Quraishi, Thaheem, Qanungoh Shaikh, Kahut, Muslim Kayasths, Muslim Rangrez, Hashmi Syed, Bhishti, Manihar, Behna, Muslim Shaikh, Nalband, Bodla, Gujarati Shaikh, Bisati, Chiniotis, Bhatiara, Atishbaz, Rawal, Muslim Halwai, Sheikh, Saifi, Alavi, Khumra, Milki, Behlim, Qidwai, Shaikhzada, Dafali, Iraqi biradri, Muslim Raibhat, Farooqi, Ramaiya, Pinjara, Nagar Muslims, Nashya Shaikh, Sindhi Shaikh, Pirzada, Fareedi, Abbasi, Shaikh of Rajasthan, Osmani, Nanbai, Zamindara, Kingharia, Shershahabadia, Shah Khel, Mansoori, Khadim, Chishti, Chundrigar, Bannu Israil, Jhandir, Kasgar, Mujavir, Hiranbaz, Hela Mehtar, Shaikhda, Ja'fri, Aarbi. Excerpt: The Khatik are an ethnic group, found both in Punjab, Pakistan and India. Those in Pakistan are Muslim, while most Indian Khateek are Hindu, barring a small minority in Gujarat and Maharashtra, who are Muslim. They are one of the most widespread communities in South Asia. The Hindu Khatik have scheduled caste status in some states in India, while the Muslim Khatik are campaigning for Scheduled Caste status. Rajput ancestry and the etymology of the word Khateek comes from Sanskrit Khattika, which means hunt and stroke sacrifice of Priest's sponsored animal during Vadic Yagas by none other than Rajput, Kshatriya; Khateek an immediate action to fulfill the Vedic rituals and Nitya Karmas. Another claim the origin of the word Khatik has been derived from the Sanskrit word Khat, which means Khadag and eek an stroke sacrifice of animal sponsored by the Priest's chanting of Vedic rituals in the Yaga Mandapam by Rajput, Kshatriya pronounced as Khateek as evident of Rig Vedha 10th mandala, chapter 91 and Yazar Vedha chapters 22, 23. It is also said, that the God Brahm...
