17 Facts About Hyderabadi Muslims

Hyderabadi Muslims, referred to as Hyderabadis are a community of Urdu-speaking Muslims, who are part of a larger ethnic group of Deccani people, from the area that used to be the princely state of Hyderabad in the regions of Marathwada, Telangana, and Kalyana-Karnataka.

The native language of the Hyderabadi Muslims is Hyderabadi Urdu, which is a dialect of the Deccani language.

Hyderabadi Muslims continued to emigrate to the state seeking employment in the Nizam's court, army, Hyderabad Civil Service or educational institutions.

Thousands of Hyderabadi Muslims emigrated from the then integrated Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to Pakistan, the UK, the US and Canada, resulting in a large diaspora.

The Hyderabadi Muslims who stayed in the integrated Andhra Pradesh were faced with new language issues, and a wave of immigration of more Telugu people from the coastal areas as well as other Indian states, especially after 1956.

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The present day Hyderabadi Muslims know very little about their cultural heritage, especially those who aren't from Hyderabad city, or India.

Hyderabadi Muslims are now seen as a result of Indian cosmopolitanism, and their history is being lost in Indian textbooks.

Relative isolation of Hyderabad until annexation to India, its distinctive dialect of Urdu and the strong web of interconnecting family relationships that still characterizes Hyderabadi Muslims, sometimes leads to charges of parochialism from other Indian Muslim communities, but it ensures a Hyderabadi Muslim identity endures among the Indian diaspora.

In Pakistan, most of the Hyderabadi Muslims migrants are settled in the southern port city of Karachi.

Hyderabadi Muslims today, refer to the Urdu speaking Muslim community, from the 1801 landlocked princely state of Hyderabad, who developed a distinct cultural identity from other Dakhini Muslims.

Hyderabadi Muslims, are noted for their hospitable nature known as Deccani Tehzeeb.

One of the most identifiable markers of Hyderabadi Muslims Muslim culture is the local dialect of Urdu, called Hyderabadi Muslims Urdu which in itself is a form of Dakhini.

Hyderabadi Muslims can speak the majority languages spoken in the regions they live, namely Telugu, Marathi, and Kannada.

Dishes are tied to events, such as Hyderabadi Muslims Haleem, made almost exclusively during the month of Ramadan, and Sheer Khorma which is especially made on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr.

The majority of Hyderabadi Muslims are Sunni Muslims with Sufi influences and the minority is Twelver Shia and Ismaili Sunni Muslims mostly follow the Hanafi School.

The party claims to represent the interests of Hyderabadi Muslims by campaigning for greater protection of minority rights across the country.

Hyderabadi Muslims actively participated in the 1857 rebellion, such as Maulvi Allauddin, Turrebaz Khan.