Hyderabadi Muslims
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 2,187,005 (1941) 1.71 million (2011) in Hyderabad district | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| India • Pakistan • Saudi Arabia • United Arab Emirates Qatar • United States • United Kingdom • Turkey • Canada • Australia • Tanzania • Azerbaijan • Egypt • Oman | |
| Languages | |
| Standard Urdu (also Deccani Urdu and its sub-dialect Hyderabadi Urdu) English and the vernacular languages of other countries in the diaspora | |
| Religion | |
| Islam (majority Sunni Muslims, followed by Twelver Shia and Ismaili Shia Muslims) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Deccanis • Urdu-speaking people • Other Indian Muslim communities • Muhajir people |
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Hyderabadi Muslims, also referred to as Hyderabadis, are a community of Deccani people, from the area that used to be the princely state of Hyderabad in the regions of Marathwada, Telangana, and Kalyana-Karnataka.
While the term "Hyderabadi" commonly refers to residents in and around the South Indian city of Hyderabad, regardless of ethnic origin, the term "Hyderabadi Muslims" more specifically refers to the native Urdu-speaking ethnic Muslims of the erstwhile princely state. The collective cultures and peoples of Hyderabad Deccan were termed "Mulki" (countryman), a term still used today. The native language of the Hyderabadi Muslims is Hyderabadi Urdu, which is a dialect of the Deccani language.
With their origins in the Bahmani Sultanate and then the Deccan sultanates, Hyderabadi culture and cuisine became defined in the latter half of the reign of the Asif Jahi Dynasty in Hyderabad. The culture exists today mainly in Hyderabad, Aurangabad, Parbhani, Nanded, Raichur, Bidar, Gulbarga, and among the Hyderabadi Muslim diaspora around the world, in particular, Pakistan, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.