Qureshi

Quraishi

Pronunciation	[qureːʃiː], [qureʃiː]
Origin
Word/name	Arab
Region of origin	Middle East, Eastern Europe
Other names
Related names	Qureshi, Khureshi, Kureshy, Kureishi, Koraishi, Qoraishi

Quraishi (also rendered as Qureshi, Qoraishi, Koraishi, Kureshy or Kureishi), (Template:Lang-ar) is a family name that originates from Arabs in Saudi Arabia, particularly from the city of Mecca.

Lineage

According to traditional legends, Arab lineages allegedly originate from three groups:

• Perished Arabs (العرب البائدة): These are the ancients of whose history little is known. They include ‘Ad, Thamûd, Tasam, Jadis, Imlaq and others.

• Pure Arabs (العرب العاربة): They allegedly originated from the progeny of Ya‘rub bin Yashjub bin Qahtan bin Hud so were also called Qahtanian Arabs.

• Arabized Arabs (العرب المستعربة): They allegedly originated from the progeny of Ishmael and were also called ‘Adnanian Arabs. The Quraish are a branch of the "Arabized Arabs".

The Quraish was a branch of the Kinana, which descended from Elias bin Mudar, who descended from Adnan. After the introduction of Islam, the Quraish gained supremacy and produced the three dynasties of the Ummayads, Abbasids and Fatimides, which ruled as Caliphs.

Complete lineage of the Quraish tribe

Adam Sheth Enos Cainan Mahalaleed Jared Enoch / Idris Methuselah Lamech Noah / Nuh Shem Arhhazed Salih / Saleb Eber Pelag Rem Serag Nahor Tarukh Abraham / Ibrahim Ishmael / Ismail/malik/fahr/quasi bin kilab(Son of (Bible)|Hagar/Brother of Isaac) Sabat Yashab Lavi Ba'rab Qamat Nakor Adnan Madh Nazar Imran Nasar Elias / Iliyas (Patriarch of the Quraish tribe)

Religion

The majority of the Quraish tribe belong to the Sunni branch of Islam.

Quraishis in South Asia

The Quraish family diaspora is spread all around the world. Due to Arab imperialism into foreign lands, the Quraish family was able to establish itself in these lands. The Quraish family exists in many parts of South Asia, particularly in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. The descendants of Arabs who arrived with Muhammad Bin Qasim settled in South Asia. This is discussed in T. Barfield's "The central Asian Arabs of Afghanistan: pastoral nomadism in transition."

Famous Quraishis

• Abdullah Qureshi, was an activist in the Labour Party of Pakistan
• Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, was the first Ra’îs[1] of Manûrqa (modern Minorca)
• Ahsaan Qureshi, is an Indian stand-up comedian
• Sajid Yaqoob Qureshi:Successful Businessman.
• Qureshi: Pakistani Tennis player
• Akhlaq Qureshi: Italian Cricketer
• Aki Nawaz (Haq Nawaz Qureshi), is a British singer and musician and part of the band Fun-Da-Mental
• Alla Rakha Khan Qureshi, was an Indian tabla player
• Amir Qureshi, is a Pakistani football player
• Atif Bashir Qureshi, is a German Turkish-Pakistani footballer
• MOHAMMED WASIM QURESHI, is lived in ahmedabad viramgam
• Dulari Qureshi, hailing from India is a prominent Historian and writer
• Faisal Qureshi: Television Journalist
• Faisal Qureshi, is a Pakistani television producer, director, and acto
• Farrukh Quraishi: Former football player, and Oneonta State Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee
• Faysal Qureshi, is a veteran Pakistani film actor and current television actor.
• Fazal Ali Qureshi, was a prominent Islamic scholar and the leading Naqshbandi shaikh of colonial ndia
• Hashim Qureshi, is one of the founding members of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)
• Ibn al-Nafis al-Qurashi, was an Arab Muslim polymath—a physician, anatomist, physiologist, surgeon, ophthalmologist, Hafiz, Hadith scholar, Shafi`i jurist and lawyer, Sunni theologian, Islamic philosopher, logician, Arabic novelist, science fiction writer, and scientist
• Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi: Late litterateur
• Javed Qureshi, is a former Pakistani cricketer
• Jazib Qureshi, is a prominent Urdu poet from Pakistan
• Kamal Qureshi: A Pakistani-Danish politician.
• Shaharyar Qureshi: Software Engineer Mehran UET Jamshoro Sindh Pakistan
• Khurshid Qureshi: President & CEO VerdeLogix, Entrepreneur, Inventor,Thinker & International Speaker
• Masood Iqbal Qureshi, is a former Pakistani cricketer
• Mazhar Farid Qurashi, a Pakistan national volleyball player
• Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi, is a Pakistani physicist and a Islamic scholar
• Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi, former Vice President of World Bank and an acting Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Mohammad Akram Qureshi, was former player and coach of the Pakistan Volleyball team
• Mohammad Hafeez Qureshi, was a Pakistani nuclear scientist and mechanical engineer
• Mohammed Naseeb Qureshy: Late Geologist
• Mohammad Hanif Qureshi, was a Pakistani artist
• Muhammad Muneer Qureshi a renowned Economist and Bureaucrat.
• Mujahid Abdulquim Qureshi, nerd who is a highschooler, partner to famous Karate star Jaehoon Lee
• Mohammad Naved Ashraf Qureshi, is a Pakistani cricketer
• Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, is a prominent Muslim politician from India
• Mohammad Shahid Qureshi, is a Pakistani astrophysicist and a renowned astronomer
• Murad Qureshi: Politician
• Mustafa Qureshi: Pakistani Punjabi film actor.
• Noor-ud-din Qureshi, was a leader within the Muslim community in North-West Frontier Province
• Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi: former Air Chief Marshal of Pakistan Air Force
• Rafat Saeed Qureshi, is a prolific Urdu writer hailing from Aurangabad, Maharashtra
• Robina Qureshi : Famous human-rights activist in the UK
• Rubina Ali Qureshi, is an Indian child actress
• Sadia Qureshi, is a young Pakistani poet, short story writer and columnist
• Sadiq Hussain Qureshi, was a Pakistani politician who served as both Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab
• Safi Qureshey: Chairman , cofounder and former CEO of AST Research.
• Sajjad Ali Qureshi: Photo Journalist
• Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi, is the current chief election commissioner of India
• Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the former Foreign Minister of Pakistan
• Shaikh Imaduddin Ismail Qureshi, is one of the pioneers of Islamic preachers in Allahabad district
• Vath Koreshi: Albanian Screenwriter
• Waheed Qureshi, was a noted linguist, critic, writer, researcher, educationalist and scholar of Urdu literature and oriental languages from Pakistan
• Yasir Hameed Qureshi, is a Pakistani cricketer
• Yasmin Qureshi: Labour barrister, held on to a Labour seat of Bolton in 2010 election.
• Najibullah Quraishi acclaimed Afghan journalist working for PBS.
• Hakeem Kashif Naeem Qureshi is the chief executive of Qureshi Health Care.
• Rafay Qureshi is a SEO Consultant in Pakistan.
• GS Qureshi is one of the leading hajj and umrah tour operator in London
• Nadeem Qureshi Pakistani Finnish cricket player.

See also

• Abbasi
• Osmani
• Dhond Abbasi
• Alavi
• Farooqi
• Gardezi
• Gilani
• Hashemi
• Kethwal
• Sayyid
• Siddiqui
• Satti
• Meta Qureshi
• List of Khulafa of Pir Fazal Ali Qureshi
• shilmani
• Siddiqis

References

• http://www.rafayqureshi.com