Researching Syed Shah
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1 people with the Shah surname? In that year Shah was ranked number 3578 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Syed Shah on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Syed Shah in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. 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 Syed Shah and the Shah Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Shah 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 Shah family tree.
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Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Syed Shah using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 21952 people with the Shah surname in the UK? Shah is now ranked number 244 for popularity in the UK. |
Shah Family History Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
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Shah Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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| Did you know that there are currently 18229 people with the Shah surname in the USA? Shah is ranked number 151 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Shah Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Syed Shah. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Syed Shah
Syed Sajjad Ali Shah
Syed Sajjad Ali Shah was the Chief Justice of Pakistan from 4 June 1994 to 2 December 1997. Sajjad Ali Shah had been appointed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by Benazir Bhutto. He became a critic of Nawaz Sharif and matters came to a head in 1997 when Sharif was defending himself in Supreme Court against accusations of corruption. An unruly mob stormed into the Supreme Court, forcing CJ Sajjad Ali Shah to adjourn the case against PM Nawaz Sharif. Hundreds of Sharif supporters broke through the police cordon around the courthouse and the Chief Justice had to flee for his safety. The police managed to restore order only after baton charging and tear gassing the mob, both inside and outside the courthouse.
President Leghari had given his support to Sharif. He was appalled by the measures being taken by the government, but had no powers to dismiss it since the Eighth Amendment had been revoked. He was particularly concerned when he was asked by the government to dismiss Syed Sajjad Ali Shah and appoint an acting Chief Justice of Pakistan. He, therefore, resigned on 2 December 1997. Shortly afterwards, Muhammad Rafiq Tatar, the PML (Pakistan Muslim League) was elected to replace him. On 23 December, Ajmal Mian was appointed as permanent Chief Justice. Sajjad Ali Shah had been dismissed.
Source: Syed Sajjad Ali Shah, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaSyed Muhammad Zauqi Shah
Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah (1878–1951) was a Sufist scholar considered a Waliullah or Sufist saint. He graduated from Aligarh University in India. A member of the Chishti Order of Sufi, his work combined merits of Islamic scholarship and modern knowledge.
He was a close associate of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and the freedom fighters of India, Muhammad Ali Johar and Shaukat Ali, Abdul Qadir, Muhammad Iqbal, Justice Shah Din, Akbar Allahabadi, Abdul Kalam Azad.
He was the author of several books and articles in English, his masterpiece being Sirr-e-Dilbaran, an alphabetical encyclopedia of Sufi terminology Sufism, now available in English.
He died in 1951 on the 9th day of Zilhajj Hajj (the pilgrimage) in Makkah, and was buried in Arafat, the prayer ground of Hajj. He was a spiritual leader who backed the movement for Pakistan, and strongly supported the Quaid-e-Azam, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He predicted the creation of Pakistan as early as 1938 through divine visions, and some of his predictions about the future are given in his books and discourses. He was a great lover of Muhammad and stated that the main purpose of Hajj is to visit him. In fact, before his final departure for Hajj from Karachi, he had told some of his disciples that if Muhammad gave him permission to stay, he will not come back.
He was succeeded by four khulafa (caliphs/successors): Maulana Umar Bhai (Bombay); Shah Shahidullah Faridi (Karachi, Pakistan, originally from the UK); Captain Wahid Baksh Rabbani (Bahawalpur, Pakistan), and Maulana Abdus Salam (India).
His discourses were compiled by his khalifas Shah Shahidullah Faridi and Wahid Baksh Sial Rabbani under the title "Tarbiyyat-ul-Ushaq" (Training of the Lovers) and published in English and Urdu.
Source: Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaSyed Misri Shah
Syed Misri Shah Rizvi (1840 – 1905), also called Syed Misri Shah Imam and known as King of Kaafi poetry, was a saint and a sufi poet. He was born in Nasarpur, Sindh and lived most of his life in Nasarpur after travelling throughout the world to spread the word of Islam and Sufism. His poetry is divided into seven different languages, and most of them are in Sindhi. The others are Hindi, Persian and few others as well. The annual Urs of Syed Misri Shah takes place in Safar (Islamic Month) In Nasarpur, Sindh, Pakistan.
Source: Syed Misri Shah, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Syed Darbar Ali Shah
Syed Darbar Ali Shah (born 21 July 1923) was a Central Superior Services officer civil servant and has held many important Administrative positions including that of Commissioner Karachi during the 1965 War between India and Pakistan. He was allocated in 1949 in District Management Group. He was one of the most senior officer of PAS Pakistan previously known as District Management Group. He was the batchmate of another CSP office Roedad Khan of Mardan, KhyberPakhtunkhwa. Shah was born in Lower Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan in 1923 to a Syed (Sayyid) family. He studied earlier in a local school in Malakand and then graduated from Government College University, Lahore. During his career he served as Commissioner Karachi One Unit system under President Ayub Khan (Field Marshal) from 1961 to 1965.
Source: Syed Darbar Ali Shah, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah
Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah (Urdu, Saraiki: ; born 20 April 1952) is a Pakistani politician and lawyer who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. Previously, he was member of the National Assembly between 1990 and May 2018.
He served as the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018. A leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Shah was born in Sukkur and was educated at the Government Islamia Science College Sukkur.
Shah began his political career as the member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh in 1988 and had been a member of the provincial cabinet, in various positions. He has been inducted into the federal cabinet thrice between 1993 and 2013. From 2012 to 2013, he also served as the parliament.
On 18 September 2019,The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday arrested senior PPP leader Syed Khursheed Shah in a case regarding his alleged assets beyond means.On 21 October 2021, Supreme Court released him on bail.
Source: Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Shah
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