Gharida Farooqi

Gharidah Farooqi (غریدہ فاروقی) born on 10 April in Riyadh, KSA. Gharidah has worked with PTV, ATV, Dunya TV, Geo News, Samaa TV and is currently a Senior Anchor Person at Express News. Gharidah Farooqi hosts current affairs program "G for Gharidah" (جي فار غريده). Gharidah Farooqi has also worked for ISPR as Media Analyst.journalist

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Farooqi

Farooqui (Arabic: فاروقي ‎) (also spelt as Farooqi or Faruqui), is a distinct name or surname or last name.

Origin

The name purportedly signifies ancestry from Umar ibn al-Khattāb (Arabic: عمر ابن الخطاب‎), the second Caliph of Islam. Umar was also titled 'al-Farooq' (the Redeemer). Today Farooqies are a multilingual Muslim community spread across Turkey', Romania, Middle East' and parts of Europe.

Farooqies in South Asia

The travel of Adham to Balkh

Adham, the father of Ibrahim Bin Adham and the great grandson of Umar ibn al-Khattāb, was a great travel as narrated in the papers read in the conference on "Balad As-Shaam". He travelled all the way up to Balkh where he married the only daughter of the King, and his son Ibrahim became the King of Balkh. His descendants got uprooted after the attack by Mongols, and most moved to the area which is now the modern day Punjab.

Spread to South India

In the later days of the Moghul Empire, it had crippled and a general named Asif Jah decided to move South with his friends and form his own kingdom named State of Hyderabad. Among his friends and soldiers included Farooqies who became preachers and judges. Some took their family title "Qazi" as their family name. Common Surnames used by descendants of Umar Ibn Khattab are Farooqi, Shaikh, Qazi, Fareedi.