Records of Shaik Khan on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Shaik Khan in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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DNA

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Shaik Khan and the Khan Family Tree

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Khan Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Khan family tree.

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Khan Family Tree Databases

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Khan Forums

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Some Famous People called Shaik Khan

Shaik Dawood Khan

Shaik Dawood Khan (16 December 1916 – 21 March 1992), also known as Ustad Shaik Dawood & Ustad Sheik Dawood & Daud Khan, was a performer on the Indian tabla. He was formerly a staff artist in All India Radio.

Ustad Shaik Dawood Khan was born in Sholapur. His father Hashim Sahib was a draughtsman in the PWD (Public Works Dept.), Bijapur.

Shaik Dawood received his training under several notable masters. These include Mohammad Kasim of Sholapur, Ustad Alladiya Khan of Hyderabad, Ustad Mohammad Khan of Hyderabad, Ustad Chote Khan of Hyderabad, and Ustad Mehboob Khan Mirajkar.

In his lifetime he accompanied most of the great musicians of the era. These include Aftab-e-Mausiki Ustad Fayyaz Khan, Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan (vocal), Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Barakat Ali Khan, Roshanara Begum, Abdul Wahid Khan (Begum Akhtar's Guru), Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Sawai Gandharva, Pandit Basawaraj Raj Guru, Nazakat Salamat, Mushtaq Hussain Khan, Pandit D. V. Paluskar, Pandit Vinayakrao Patwardhan, Ustad Allaudin Khan, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan Girija Devi, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Ustad Vilayat Khan.

In his life he received numerous awards. These include the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award - 1991. Unfortunately he was too ill to attend the award ceremony and died shortly after the awards ceremony.

Source: Shaik Dawood Khan, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia