Edited sentence: Some Hindu Kayasth found favour with Muslim rulers for whom the acted as Qanungos.The Kayasth use Siddiqui and Farouqui as their surnames, and consider themselves, and are accepted as such as belonging to the Shaikh community.The Kayastha community has historically been involved in the occupations of land record keeping and accountanting.The Muslim Kayasth have traditionally been a landless community, ecking out a living as patwaris and qanungos (land record keepers).The community are Sunni Muslims of the Hanafi school of thought.They also visit shrines of Sufi saints, such as that of the famous Sufi saint, Moinuddin Chisti.They have high rates of literacy, and many have played important roles in the cultural life of the North Indian Muslim community.They speak Urdu, although they are also fluent in Hindi.This close association, led to the conversion of some members of the Kayastha community to Islam