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The Siddi (pronounced [sɪdːiː]), also known as the Sheedi, Sidi, or Siddhi, are an ethnic minority group inhabiting Pakistan and India. They are primarily...

Maratha attack. However, one of the female defectors became involved with a Siddi man and he uncovered the plot, and the infiltrators were executed. The Maratha...

descendants of African slaves similar to those in the Americas. The Siddi (pronounced [sɪd̪d̪i]), also known as the Sheedi, Sidi, Siddhi, or Habshi, are an ethnic...

Maharashtra. It is known as the Valley of Saints, or the Abode of Eternity, because in the 14th century, several Sufi saints chose to reside here. The Bhadra Maruti...

in countries such as India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. This includes the Siddis (who have been in India and Pakistan for over a thousand years) and Kaffirs...

shiploads of Prydwen we went to it; except for seven, none returned from Caer Siddi. And again later Three shiploads of Pridwen we went with Arthur; except...

under Shivaji Maharaj's control and the latter under his opponents, the Siddis. The island consists of two high hills, one facing north and the other facing...

invaded the northern Konkan region, making inroads into the territory of the Siddis of Janjira. Most of the earliest surviving records of Shivaji's childhood...

significant numbers of Siddi, otherwise known as Zanji or Habshi, descendants of Africans e.g. Royal Habshis (Abyssinian aristocracy e.g. Siddi Sayyid) or Bantu...

testimony in 1793, Zamor gave Chittagong as his birthplace; he was probably of Siddi origin. According to Stanley Loomis' biography Du Barry, Jeanne's everyday...

1.35% Sindhi and 0.95% Gujarati as their first language. Malik Ambar, Siddi military leader and guerilla fighter against Mughal Empire Sadashiv Amrapurkar...

van Goen, the Governor-General of Dutch India on 20 February 1673, and Siddi admiral Sambal on 10 October 1673. In 1687, the English East India Company...

the basis for subsequent settlements. He is a figure of veneration to the Siddis of Gujarat. He challenged the might of the Mughals and Adil Shahs of Bijapur...

The remaining few thousand troops including Shah Alam were rescued by the Siddis and Ruhulla Khan and then joined to Aurangzeb's camp. Aurangzeb tried attacking...

. Ababu Minda Yimene (2004). An African Indian Community in Hyderabad: Siddi Identity, Its Maintenance and Change. Cuvillier Verlag. pp. 66, 67. ISBN 978-3-86537-206-2...

'half Muslim' and the cooks who worked in their homes were slaves from the Siddi community. The principal deity of the Jadejas was Ashapura Mata (Hope-Giving...

peoples of Gilgit-Baltistan, Kohistanis, Torwalis, Meos, Hazaras, Kalash and Siddis. The Pakistani diaspora, numbering over seven million, is the sixth largest...

College mainly used by college sports event.[citation needed] Malik Ambar, a Siddi military leader and founder of Khadki (former name of city) Siraj Aurangabadi...

from Mumbai to Savantwadi. It resisted the British, Portuguese, Dutch, and Siddi naval ships and kept a check on their naval ambitions. Charles Metcalfe...

near silver beach without any maintenance. It was named for the patron saint of Wales because the governor of Madras at the time, Elihu Yale, was Welsh...