Kakkay Abbasi
Kakkay Abbasi are Sheikhs from Rupnagar (formerly Ropar). A Punjabi Speaking community in Sirhind region of Punjab. Shekhian Mohalla belongs to this community in Ropar / Rupnagar. Kakkay Abbasi migrated to Pakistan in 1947 in Lahore and Sheikhupura Districts.[1]
According to Ambala Gazetteer edition (1883-84)[2] and edition (1923-24). [3] Tehsil Ropar counts their population.
"(Sheikhs) were land holders but depend largely on their tenants and do not perform agriculture themselves."[4] They are mentioned as "She khs" or Sheikhs. Who are above Pathans but below to Sayyads. [5]
Census Report of 1941 describes Kakkay Abbasi community of Ropar as prosperous government contractors and gold Jewellers.
Origin[edit]
This tribe is descended from Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib. They made colony in Sirhind near Ropar in 1520.[5]
Religion[edit]
Kakkay Abbasi are Sunni and Wahabi. Masjid Sheikh Abbasia in Ropar city belongs to this community.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Shekhian Mohalla (Google Map)". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Ambala District Gazetteer - 1883-84". revenueharyana.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- ↑ "Ambala District Gazetteer - 1923-24". revenueharyana.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
- ↑ Punjab District Gazetteers: Ambala district, 1923-24. Superintendent, Government Printing. 1908. Search this book on
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Blunt, Sir Edward (2010). The Caste System of Northern India. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-8205-495-0. Search this book on
- People of India Punjab Volume XXXVII edited by I.J.S. Bansal and Swaran Singh
- Sir Denzil Ibbetson, Maclagan. Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier Province. 1996. p. 240.
- J. M. Wikeley, Rana Rehman Zafar (1968). Punjabi Musalmans. Pakistan National Publishers. p. 84.
- Punjab district gazetteers 1885
- Punjab District Gazetteers. A Gazetteer 17 Phulkian States. Patiala Jind [and] Nabha 1904
- Shekhian Mohalla (Google Map) Ropar / Rupnagar.
- Ambala District Gazetteer - 1923-24
- Gazetteers Of Ambala District, 1883-84 : Punjab Government
- New Cambridge History of Islam The New Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 5, The Islamic World in the Age of Western Dominance
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