Shahidullah Faridi

Fareedi or Faridi is a clan of the Farooqi tribe named after Farīduddīn Mas'ūd Ganjshakar, a murid of a sheikh who belongs to the Sufi order of Fariduddin Ganjshakar and one of the noble family from Hyderabad known as Paigah family they are also descendant of Fariduddin Ganjshakar. Hazrat Baba Fariuddin GanjShakar was a murid and spiritual successor of Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki. Baba Farid was a descendent of second caliph of Islam Umar ibn Khattab (RA).