Muslim culture of Hyderabad - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Hyderabadi Muslims are a community of Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

-speaking Muslims from the area that used to be the princely state of Hyderabad

Hyderabad State

-After Indian independence :When India gained independence in 1947 and Pakistan came into existence in 1947, the British left the local rulers of the princely states the choice of whether to join one of the new dominions or to remain independent...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. With its origins in the Muslim Bahmani Sultanate

Bahmani Sultanate

The Bahmani Sultanate was a Muslim state of the Deccan in southern India and one of the great medieval Indian kingdoms...

and then Deccan sultanates

Deccan sultanates

The Deccan sultanates were five Muslim-ruled late medieval kingdoms—Bijapur, Golkonda, Ahmadnagar, Bidar, and Berar—of south-central India. The Deccan sultanates were located on the Deccan Plateau, between the Krishna River and the Vindhya Range. These kingdoms became independent during the breakup...

, the culture became defined in the latter half of the reign of the Nizam

Nizam

Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad popularly known as Nizams of Hyderabad was a former monarchy of the Hyderabad State, now in the states of Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , and Maharashtra in India...

dynasty in Hyderabad. The culture exists today in Hyderabad and among the Hyderabadi Muslim diaspora around the world, in particular, Pakistan

Pakistan

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, Saudi Arabia

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, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf

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, USA, Canada

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and the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

History

The Deccan plateau

Deccan Plateau

The Deccan Plateau is a large plateau in India, making up the majority of the southern part of the country. It rises a hundred meters high in the north, rising further to more than a kilometers high in the south, forming a raised triangle nested within the familiar downward-pointing triangle of...

acted as a bulwark sheltering South India

South India

South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...

from the invasions and political turmoil that affected North India. This allowed the Muslim-ruled state of Hyderabad to develop a distinctive culture during the Qutb Shahi dynasty

Qutb Shahi dynasty

The Qutb Shahi dynasty was a Turko-Persian dynasty ; its members were collectively called the Qutub Shahis. They were the ruling family of the kingdom of Golkonda in modern-day Andra Pradesh, India. They were Shia Muslims and belonged to Kara Koyunlu...

, Mughal

Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire ,‎ or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...

Aurangzeb

Abul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir , more commonly known as Aurangzeb or by his chosen imperial title Alamgir , was the sixth Mughal Emperor of India, whose reign lasted from 1658 until his death in 1707.Badshah Aurangzeb, having ruled most of the Indian subcontinent for nearly...

and later the Asaf Jahi dynasty of the Nizam

Nizam

Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad popularly known as Nizams of Hyderabad was a former monarchy of the Hyderabad State, now in the states of Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , and Maharashtra in India...

s.

According to Time

Time (magazine)

Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...

, the seventh Nizam was the richest man in the world during the late 1940s.

The Nizam

Nizam

Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad popularly known as Nizams of Hyderabad was a former monarchy of the Hyderabad State, now in the states of Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , and Maharashtra in India...

was the Muslim ruler of the vast princely Hyderabad State. The capital city of Hyderabad was primarily Urdu-speaking Muslim until the Incorporation of Hyderabad into India and the subsequent rise to dominance of Telugu-speaking people of Andhra. The state's economy was agrarian, and Hyderabad was primarily a government and administrative hub, run mostly (but far from exclusively) by Muslims. The aristocracy, jagirdars and deshmukhs (wealthy landowners), and even minor government officials, could afford to hire servants, usually also Muslims, in a social order similar to the class system of Victorian England. The Nizam allied himself with the British early on, with ensuing political stability. The Muslim upper and middle classes were free to concentrate on a care-free and leisurely lifestyle involving clothes, jewelry, food, music, literary arts, and other indulgences, little of which trickled down to the servant class, known as naukar (a word originally used for the Mughal Emperor Babur

Babur

Babur was a Muslim conqueror from Central Asia who, following a series of setbacks, finally succeeded in laying the basis for the Mughal dynasty of South Asia. He was a direct descendant of Timur through his father, and a descendant also of Genghis Khan through his mother...

's closest feudal retainers).

The relative isolation of Hyderabad until India's invasion of 1948, 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 also ensures a Hyderabadi Muslim identity endures among the Indian diaspora.

Demographics and distribution

The largest concentration of Hyderabadi Muslims is in the city of Hyderabad, India. After the Partition of India

Partition of India

The Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 14 and 15...

and the Incorporation of Hyderabad by India

Operation Polo

Operation Polo code name for The Hyderabad Police Action was a military operation in September 1948 in which the Indian Armed Forces engaged those of the State of Hyderabad and ended the rule of Nizam, annexing the state into the Indian Union....

, the Muslims of the state lost their privileged status, so significant numbers chose to migrate to other countries such as Pakistan

Pakistan

, the Arab Gulf states, the US, UK, Canada

Canada

and Australia

Australia

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.

Because of its status as the richest of the princely states in India and being ruled by a Muslim leader, Hyderabad State

Hyderabad State

attracted Muslims from all around India and even other countries in search of work. Many Muslim poets, musicians, scholars, soldiers and administrators from far and wide sought employment in the Nizam's court, the Hyderabad Civil Service

Hyderabad Civil Service

The Hyderabad Civil Service, was a coveted service in the State of Hyderabad. It was popularly known by its acronym HCS. It was considered to be an elite service, and the best of the government officers were inducted into it through a competitive examination...

, army or educational institutions. Among those who spent a significant amount of time in Hyderabad were the famous poet Josh Malihabadi

Josh Malihabadi

Josh Malihabadi was a noted Urdu poet born in British India, who was an Indian citizen until 1958, when he emigrated to Pakistan and became a Pakistani citizen...

, Fani Badayuni

Fani Badayuni

Shaukat Ali Khan Fani Badayuni was noted Urdu poet. Shaukat Ali Khan was born in Islamnagar, Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, . He graduated from Barreilly College in 1901, studied law at Aligarh Muslim University, earning his L.L.B.degree in 1906. He practiced law in Bareilly and Lucknow but could not...

, religious scholar Shibli Nomani

Shibli Nomani

Allamah Shibli Nomani was a respected scholar of Islam from Indian subcontinent during British Raj. He was born at Bindwal in Azamgarh district of present-day Uttar Pradesh. He is known for the founding the Shibli National College in 1883 and the Darul Mussanifin in Azamgarh...

and court photographer Lala Deen Dayal

Lala Deen Dayal

Lala Deen Dayal was an Indian photographer. His photography career began in the mid-1870s as a commissioned photographer, eventually he set up studios in Indore, Mumbai and Hyderbad; he became the court photographer to the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad, Mahbub Ali Khan, Asif Jah VI, who awarded him...

among others

A section of Hyderabadi Muslims are of Hadhrami Arab origin, who came to serve in the Nizam's military. They are known as Chaush

Chaush

The Chaush are a Sunni Muslim community of Hadhrami Arab descent found in the Deccan region of India. An extension of these Arab descendants are also found in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro. It is a Turkish word used particularly during the Ottoman era of the Balkans, 'Chaush' or Čauši were...

and mostly reside in the Barkas

Barkas, Hyderabad

Barkas is a neighbourhood in Hyderabad, India that used to serve as the Military Barracks of the Nizam of Hyderabad. It is known as being inhabited mainly by the Chaush community who are direct descendants of the Hadhrami Arab military men and bodyguards hailing from the Hadhramaut region of the...

neighbourhood of Hyderabad. There are also some Siddi

Siddi

The Siddi, Siddhi, or Sheedi , also known as Habshi, are an Indian and Pakistani ethnic group of Afro-Arab and/or Black African descent. The Siddi population is currently estimated to be 20,000–55,000, with Gujarat and Hyderabad in India the main population centre. Siddis are mainly Sufi Muslims,...

s who are of African descent.

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

Karachi

Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

. Estimates of the Hyderabadi population in Karachi range between 20,000 and 200,000 today. The main neighbourhoods where the Hyderabadi migrants in Karachi initially settled were Hyderabad Colony

Hyderabad Colony

Hyderabad Colony is a neighborhood of Gulshan Town, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Hyderabad Colony was originally inhabited by Hyderabadi Muslim migrants from Hyderabad Deccan....

, Bahadurabad

Bahadurabad

Bahadurabad is one of the neighbourhoods of Gulshan Town, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.Bahadurabad is officially known as Bahadur Yar Jung Co-operative Housing Society. It is located in the Civic Centre zone in the Gulshan Town...

(named after the Hyderabadi Muslim leader Bahadur Yar Jang) & Laiqabad known as (Murghi Khana). In 2007, a replica of the famous Charminar

Charminar

Charminar built in 1591 AD, is a landmark monument located in Hyderabad, India. The two words Char Minar of Urdu language are combined to which it is known as Charminar . These are four ornate minarets attached and supported by four grand arches, it has become the global icon of Hyderabad and is...

monument in Hyderabad was built at the main crossing of Bahadurabad.

Politics

Some Hyderabadi Muslims have organized themselves politically along religious lines. The most prominent example of this is the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen also AIMIM or MIM , is a center -right Muslim political party in India. The Hyderabad is the stronghold of AIMIM. It has retained Hyderabad Lok Sabha parliament seat in 2009 election...

, currently led by Asaduddin Owaisi

Asaduddin Owaisi

Asaduddin Owaisi is a Barrister, Indian politician and President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Since 2008...

. The party dominates the politics scene in Hyderabad's Old City, and consistently wins seats for the Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

(Lower House of Indian Parliament) and the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly

Andhra Pradesh State Assembly

The Andhra Pradesh Legislature is the state legislature of Andhra Pradesh. The Andhra Pradesh legislature has been both unicameral and bicameral in its history.-State legislature:The Andhra Pradesh Legislature is currently bicameral....

. The party claims to represent the interests of Muslims by campaigning for greater protection of minority rights. A rival breakaway faction of the AIMIM is the Majlis Bachao Tehreek

Majlis Bachao Tehreek

Majlis Bachao Tehreek , is an organization in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.- History :MBT was founded by Mohammed Amanullah Khan as a result of a split from the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen...

that also claims to represent the interests of Muslims in Hyderabad.

However, many Hyderabadi Muslims have been strong supporters of secular progressive movements, such as the famous Urdu poets Makhdoom Mohiuddin

Makhdoom Mohiuddin

Makhdoom Mohiuddin or Abu Sayeed Mohammad Makhdoom Mohiuddin Huzri was an Urdu poet and Marxist political activist of India. He was a distinguished revolutionary Urdu poet...

and Sulaiman Areeb

Sulaiman Areeb

Sulaiman Areeb was an Urdu poet, who was born 1922 in Hyderabad, Deccan. He was of Hadhrami Arab origin whose ancestors arrived from Hadramaut to Hyderabad. His father Sulaiman bin Abd al-Razzaq was Risaldar in Nizam's time. He was married twice and second time to Safia Begum, who herself was an...

, and Hassan Nasir

Hassan Nasir

Hassan Nasir was a Pakistani proletariat leader and Secretary General of the banned Communist Party of Pakistan . Hasan Nasir belonged to Hyderabad and had fought, along with Makhdoom Mohiuddin and others, in the Telangana armed struggle. He was a maternal grandson of Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk...

who participated in the Telangana Rebellion

Telangana Rebellion

The Telangana Rebellion or Vetti Chakiri Movement also known as Telangana Raithanga Sayudha Poratam was a communist-led peasant rebellion against the feudal lords of the Telangana region and later against the princely state of Hyderabad between 1946 and 1951...

against the rule of the Nizam

Nizam

Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad popularly known as Nizams of Hyderabad was a former monarchy of the Hyderabad State, now in the states of Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , and Maharashtra in India...

. Hyderabadi Muslims were also at the forefront of the formation of the Comrades Association

Comrades Association

The Comrades Association was a communist organization that operated in the State of Hyderabad in India during the rule of the Nizam. It represented the Communist Party of India in Hyderabad State. The Comrades Association played a very influential role in the Andhra Mahasabha. Revolutionary Urdu...

in 1939, one of the first Communist organizations in Hyderabad which struggled against the Nizam

Nizam

Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad popularly known as Nizams of Hyderabad was a former monarchy of the Hyderabad State, now in the states of Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , and Maharashtra in India...

. Other secular members of the Hyderabad Muslim community include Shoaibullah Khan, the editor of the Urdu daily Imroz that was critical of the Razakars

Razakars (Hyderabad)

Razakars were a private militia organized by Qasim Razvi to support the rule of Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII and resist the integration of Hyderabad State in India....

and urged Hyderabad's integration with India (he was stabbed to death). The story of a poor Muslim peasant named Bandagi who was killed while struggling against the landlord was immortalised in the popular drama Ma Bhoomi about the Telangana Rebellion

Telangana Rebellion

Language and literature

One of the most identifiable markers of Hyderabadi Muslim culture is the local dialect of Urdu

Hyderabadi Urdu

Hyderabadi Urdu is a dialect of Urdu spoken in the Indian region of Hyderabad State and its diaspora. It is also known as Deccani Urdu from its former name Hyderabad Deccan...

. It is distinct by its mixture of vocabulary from Turkish

Turkish language

Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...

, Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

and Arabic, as well in some vocabulary from Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

and Marathi

Marathi language

Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...

that are not found in the standard dialect of Urdu

Urdu

. In terms of pronunciation, the easiest way to recognize a Hyderabadi Muslim is they used to say "nakko"(no) where as in standard urdu

Urdu

its "nahi" for (no) and "hau"(yes) where as in standard urdu

Urdu

its "haa" for (yes). The most distinctive aspect about the city of Hyderabad is the fact that the local Hindu population also speaks Hyderabadi Urdu as their native language unlike their counterparts in the rest of the state regions of Andhra Pradesh (Andhra and Rayalseema) who speak Telugu but pronounces "qaf" as "khaf".

The other very important marker is the meethi boli (or, sweet and cultured speech) of the natives.Tameez, tahzeeb and Akhlaq (etiquette, custom, and tradition) are considered very Important and normally people are very well behaved and visitors are treated well with lot of Mahmaan nawaazi (hospitality).

Among the famous Hyderabadi Urdu poets are Amjad Hyderabadi

Amjad Hyderabadi

Amjad Hyderabadi, Syed Amjad Hussain Pen-name Amjad Hyderabadi . In Urdu poetic circle he is also known as Hakim-al-Shuara....

, Dagh Dehalvi, Molana Mufti Mir Ashraf Ali, Safi Aurangabadi Makhdoom Mohiuddin

Makhdoom Mohiuddin

Makhdoom Mohiuddin or Abu Sayeed Mohammad Makhdoom Mohiuddin Huzri was an Urdu poet and Marxist political activist of India. He was a distinguished revolutionary Urdu poet...

, Sulaiman Areeb

Sulaiman Areeb

and khawja Shouq. Others poets who made Hyderabad their home for a significant amount of time include Josh Malihabadi

Josh Malihabadi

Josh Malihabadi was a noted Urdu poet born in British India, who was an Indian citizen until 1958, when he emigrated to Pakistan and became a Pakistani citizen...

and Fani Badayuni

Fani Badayuni

. Although not a Muslim himself, Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad

Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad

Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad Bahadur served as Prime Minister of Hyderabad State on two occasion: first 1901–1912, then 1926–1937. He belonged to a noble family, and traced his roots back to Raja Todar Mal, emperor Akbar's finance minister...

was steeped in Hyderabadi Muslim culture and wrote Urdu poetry under the pen name of "Shad" .

Cuisine

Some famous Hyderabadi cuisine

Hyderabadi cuisine

Hyderabadi cuisine is a princely legacy of the Nizams of Hyderabad, India. The city was founded by the Sultan's of Golconda, who has developed its own cuisine over the centuries...

(dishes) that are served at weddings are: Hyderabadi Biryani, Haleem

Haleem

Haleem is a thick Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and South Asian dish. In Anatolia, Iran, the Caucasus region and northern Iraq, types of haleem are Keşkek and Harisa. Harisa is also a popular version in Pakistan. Although the dish varies from region to region, it always includes wheat, lentils and meat...

, Khubani ka Mitha, Gil-e-Firdaus, Double Ka Meetha

Double Ka Meetha

Double ka meetha is a dessert of Hyderabad and made from hot crisp fried roundels of bread, soaked in saffron and cardamom flavoured syrup, topped with cream. It is similar to of Shahi tukre....

,Shahi Tukde, Luqmi, Dum ka qimah, Marag, Chicken 65

Chicken 65

Chicken 65 is a spicy, deep-fried chicken dish popular in South India, as a bar snack, entree, or quick snack. The flavour of the dish comes from ginger, cayenne pepper, mustard powder and vinegar although the exact recipe can vary...

, Kaddu ki kheer, Mirchi ka Salan

Mirchi ka salan

Mirchi ka salan is a popular chili and peanut curry of Hyderabad. It accompanies Hyderabadi biryani.-Ingredients:Green chillies, peanuts, till seeds, dry coconut, cumin seeds, ginger and garlic paste, turmeric powder, bay leaf and thick tamarind juice....

and Baghare Baigan.

Other popular food items are: Chakna

Chakna

Chakna is a spicy stew made out of goat tripe and other animal digestive parts. It is a speciality dish among Hyderabadi Muslims....

, Tamate ka Kut, Khatti Dal, Dalcha

Dalcha

Dalcha also known as Kaddu ka Dalcha is an Hyderabadi, Indian curry made from mutton, chana dal and Tamarind. It is a dish of Hyderabadi cuisine.The other variety, Kaddu ka Dalcha, is also a popular Hyderabadi dish.-External links:* *...

, Shirmal, Rawghani Roti, Nahari, Pasande, Pathar Ka Ghosht,Nan, Dum Ka Murgh, Khagina, Katche Gosht Ki Biryani, Khichri,Nargisi Kheema,Shaami,Kofte,Tala Hua Ghosht,Poori,Kheer,Sheer Khorma,Til ka Khatta,Til ki Chutney and Qubuli.

Chai and Paan

Paan

Paan, from the word pān is an Indian, Pakistani, Uttarvarshi and Southeast Asian tradition of chewing betel leaf with areca nut and slaked lime paste, and katha brown powder paste, with many regional and local variations...

are served after food.

Khada Dupatta

The Khada Dupatta or Khara Dupatta
Khara Dupatta
Khara Dupatta is the traditional wedding dress of Hyderabadi Muslim brides. It is an elaborate wedding ensemble comprising a kurta , chooridaar , and a 6-yard dupatta ....

(uncut veil) is an outfit composed of a kurta (tunic), chooridaar (ruched pair of pants), and 6 yard dupatta (veil) and is traditionally worn by Hyderabad brides. Sometimes the kurta is sleeveless and worn over a koti resembling a choli

Choli

A choli , is a midriff-baring blouse shell garment in the Indian sari costume worn in India, southern Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and other countries where the sari is worn. The choli is cut to fit tightly to the body and has short sleeves and a low neck...

. The bride also wears a matching ghoonghat (veil) over her head. The accompanying jewellery is:

Tika (a medallion of uncut diamonds worn on the forehead and suspended by a string of pearls)
Jhoomar (a fan shaped ornament worn on the side of the head)
Nath (a nose ring with a large ruby bead flanked by two pearls)
Chintaak also known as Jadaoo Zevar (a choker studded with uncut diamonds and precious stones)

Kan phool (earrings that match the Chintaak and consist of a flower motif covering the ear lobe and a bell shaped ornament that is suspended from the flower. The weight of precious stones and gold in the Karan phool is held up by sahare or supports made of strands of pearls that are fastened into the wearers hair.)
Satlada (neck ornament of seven strands of pearls set with emeralds, diamonds and rubies)
Ranihaar (neck ornament of pearls with a wide pendant)
Jugni (neck ornament of several strands of pearls with a central pendant)
Gote (Shellac bangles studded with rhinestones and worn with gold coloured glass bangles called sonabai)
Payal (ankle bracelets)
Gintiyan (toe rings)

Sherwani

The Sherwani

Sherwani

Sherwani is a long coat-like garment worn in South Asia, very similar to an Achkan or doublet, and is traditionally associated with the Muslim aristocracy of the northern Indian subcontinent....

is the traditional men's garb of Hyderabad. It is a coat-like tunic with a tight-fitting collar (fastened with hooks), close-fitting in the upper torso and flaring somewhat in its lower half. It usually has six or seven buttons, often removable ones made from gold sovereigns for special occasions. The material is usually silk or wool. A groom may use gold brocade for his wedding sherwani, but otherwise good taste dictates understated colors, albeit with rich and textured fabrics. The sherwani is usually worn over a silk or cotton kurta (long shirt) and pyjamas (baggy pants with a drawstring at the waist).

The sherwani is closely associated with Hyderabad, although it has spread since to the rest of India and to Pakistan. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...

adapted its design and turned it into his trademark Nehru Jacket
Nehru jacket
The Nehru jacket is a hip-length tailored coat for men or women, created in India in the 1940s. The jacket essentially blends the collar of the achkan, historically the royal court dress of Indian nobles, with the Western suit jacket...

, further popularizing the garment.

Religion

The majority of Hyderabadi Muslims are Sunni. Sunni Muslims mostly follow the Hanafi

Hanafi

The Hanafi school is one of the four Madhhab in jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. The Hanafi madhhab is named after the Persian scholar Abu Hanifa an-Nu‘man ibn Thābit , a Tabi‘i whose legal views were preserved primarily by his two most important disciples, Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani...

school of Islamic Jurisprudence, although the Chaush

Chaush

community follows the Shafi'i

Shafi'i

The Shafi'i madhhab is one of the schools of fiqh, or religious law, within the Sunni branch of Islam. The Shafi'i school of fiqh is named after Imām ash-Shafi'i.-Principles:...

school of thought and mainly reside in areas close to Barkas

Barkas, Hyderabad

, the former Military Barracks of the Nizam

Nizam

Nizam-ul-Mulk of Hyderabad popularly known as Nizams of Hyderabad was a former monarchy of the Hyderabad State, now in the states of Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , and Maharashtra in India...

, an area where the residents are mainly of Hadhrami Arab descent from Yemen

Yemen

The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....

. Islam in Hyderabad, with historical patronizing by the rulers, has a strong Sufi influence, the Tablighi Jamaat

Tablighi Jamaat

Tablighi Jamaat is a religious movement which was founded in 1926 by Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi in India. The movement primarily aims at Tablighi spiritual reformation by working at the grass roots level, reaching out to Muslims across all social and economic spectra to bring them closer to...

has also been active since at least the 1960s. Salafis and Mahdavi

Mahdavi

Mahdavi Islam is a sect within Islam, founded by Hazrath Syed Muhammad Jaunpuri in India in the 15th century CE. Jaunpuri declared himself to be the Imam Mahdi, the prophesied redeemer in Islam, and the denomination takes its name from the term mahdi...

s also exist in small pockets. Jamaat-e-Islami Hind

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind is one of the influential and hardline Islamic organization and movement within Sunni Islam in India...

, along with its student wing Students Islamic Organisation of India

Students Islamic Organisation of India

Students Islamic Organization of India is the students' wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. Students Islamic Organisation was formed in 1982. According to its constitution, it aims at presenting Da’wah before students and youth, promote virtues, and moral values in educational institutions.The...

is active, especially in the Mehdipatnam

Mehdipatnam

Mehdipatnam is a major suburb in Hyderabad, India. It provides connectivity to the Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Airport through PV Narasimha Rao Elevated Expressway Corridor from major suburbs like Banjara Hills, Ameerpet, Begumpet, Kukatpally, Nampally, Musheerabad etc....

region where its large main mosque, Masjid e Azizia, is located although not as popular as other religious movements.

Religious knowledge and its propagation flourished under the Nizam with institutions like the world famous Jamia Nizamia

Jamia Nizamia

Jamia Nizamia , more properly, Jami'ah Nizamiyyah, is one of the oldest Islamic seminaries of higher learning of Sunnis in India.- History :...

(Jami'ah Nizamiyyah) of Hyderabad. The largest Mosque of Hyderabad, the Makkah Masjid gathers congregations of two hundred thousand and more on special occasions of Eid prayers and especially of Jumu'at-al Wida' ( the last Friday of Ramadan

Ramadan

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or 30 days. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex during daylight hours and is intended to teach Muslims about patience, spirituality, humility and...

)

Hyderabad has also produced many renowned religious scholars of representing different Islamic sects and trends, including Jamaat-e-Islami

Jamaat-e-Islami

This article is about Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan. For other organizations of similar name see Jamaat-e-Islami The Jamaat-e-Islami , is a Pro-Muslim political party in Pakistan...

founder Abul Ala Maududi

Abul Ala Maududi

Syed Abul A'ala Maududi , also known as Molana or Shaikh Syed Abul A'ala Mawdudi, was a Sunni Pakistani journalist, theologian, Muslim revivalist leader and political philosopher, and a major 20th century Islamist thinker. He was also a prominent political figure in Pakistan and was the first...

, Sunni Barelvi

Barelvi

Barelvi is a term used for the movement of Sufi , Sunni Islam originating in the Indian subcontinent.The Movement is known as Ahle Sunnat movement to its followers....

scholar Turab-ul-Haq Qadri

Turab-ul-Haq Qadri

Syed Shah Turab-ul-Haq Qadri is an Islamic scholar of the Barelvi school. Qadri was born in Hyderabad Deccan India , and his family moved to Pakistan following the Partition of India...

, and Shia scholar Allamah Rasheed Turabi

Allamah Rasheed Turabi

Allamah Rasheed Turabi was an Islamic scholar, religious leader, public speaker, poet and philosopher. He was born on 9th Jamadi-us-Sani 1326 / July 9, 1908 in Hyderabad, India....

Writers and poets

Mohiuddin Qadri Zore
Mohiuddin Qadri Zore
Syed Mohiuddin Qadri Zore Was an Urdu poet, literary critic and historian.-Biography:...

, Urdu poet literary critic and historian, established Idare Adabiyaat-e-Urdu in Hyderabad.
Amjad Hyderabadi
Amjad Hyderabadi
Amjad Hyderabadi, Syed Amjad Hussain Pen-name Amjad Hyderabadi . In Urdu poetic circle he is also known as Hakim-al-Shuara....

, Urdu poet of Ruba'i
Makhdoom Mohiuddin
Makhdoom Mohiuddin
Makhdoom Mohiuddin or Abu Sayeed Mohammad Makhdoom Mohiuddin Huzri was an Urdu poet and Marxist political activist of India. He was a distinguished revolutionary Urdu poet...

, Urdu poet and Marxist politician
Sulaiman Areeb
Sulaiman Areeb
Sulaiman Areeb was an Urdu poet, who was born 1922 in Hyderabad, Deccan. He was of Hadhrami Arab origin whose ancestors arrived from Hadramaut to Hyderabad. His father Sulaiman bin Abd al-Razzaq was Risaldar in Nizam's time. He was married twice and second time to Safia Begum, who herself was an...

, Urdu poet
Fani Badayuni
Fani Badayuni
Shaukat Ali Khan Fani Badayuni was noted Urdu poet. Shaukat Ali Khan was born in Islamnagar, Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, . He graduated from Barreilly College in 1901, studied law at Aligarh Muslim University, earning his L.L.B.degree in 1906. He practiced law in Bareilly and Lucknow but could not...

, Urdu poet
Fatima Surayya Bajia
Fatima Surayya Bajia
Fatima Surayya Bajia PP , is a renowned Urdu novelist, playwright and drama writer of Pakistan. She has been awarded various awards at home and abroad including Japan's highest civil award in recognition of her works...

, novelist and playwright(Karachi,Pakistan)
Anwar Maqsood
Anwar Maqsood
Anwar Maqsood Hameedi commonly known as Anwar Maqsood Urdu: انور مقصود) is a Pakistani playwright, poet, television host, satirist, humorist, infrequent actor and painter. He has worked in the entertainment industry for over 35 years.-Life and career:Anwar Maqsood studied at the Gulbarga trust...

,script writer,anchor-person,show-host(Karachi,Pakistan)
Razaul Jabbar
Razaul Jabbar
Razaul Jabbar M.Com, LL.B., C.A. wass a prominent Indo-Canadian Urdu scholar, writer and politician. He migrated and setteled in Canada...

Author of many books, Setteled in Canada.
Omar Khalidi
Omar Khalidi
Dr. Omar Khalidi, BA ALM PhD, , Born in Hyderabad, India. He was an eminent Muslim scholar, a staff member of the MIT, USA and an author. He was educated in India, Britain and the United States. He is referred to as Chronicler of Hyderabad and Champion of Minority Rights. and considered as a ...

Author of Hyderabad: After the Fall and others, migrated to USA.
Masood Ali Khan
Masood Ali Khan
Masood Ali Khan MA Ph.D is a scholar, histprian and a writer on Islamic history Culture and religion. Dr. M.A. Khan is currently working as acting Director, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Southern Regional Centre, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India...

Authored Islamic and cultural encyclopedia.
Haroon Siddiqui
Haroon Siddiqui
Haroon Siddiqui, CM, O.Ont is an Indo-Canadian newspaper journalist, columnist and a former editor.-Early life and career:...

Indo-Canadian Journalist.
Samina Ali
Samina Ali
Samina Ali is an Indian-American author. Her debut novel was Madras on Rainy Days.-Biography:Ali was born in Hyderabad, India, and emigrated with her parents to America when she was six months old. She spent half of each year in India, where she attended school. In 1993 she graduated summa cum...

(A PEN/Hemingway Award winner for her novel Madras on Rainy Days).
Awaz Sayeed
Awaz Sayeed
Awaz Sayeed , full name Awaz Bin Sayeed, was a renowned modern short-story writer, poet, Khaka-naveez, humorist and playwright from Hyderabad, India. He was known for his unique, innovative and inimitable style of short story writing...

, Urdu writer of Short stories and Biographer.
M. A. Muqtedar Khan
M. A. Muqtedar Khan
Dr. M. A. Muqtedar Khan [محمد عبد المقتدر خان] is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, a Sufi and International Relations at the University of Delaware. He is also the founding Director of the Islamic Studies Program at the University of Delaware...

, Held Various positions in the field of Political Science and Int Studies.
Mirza Farhatullah Baig
Mirza Farhatullah Baig
- Life : Mirza Farhatullah Baig was a prominent Urdu writer of his time and wrote humor and prose. He wrote essays, taught at a high school, and worked as a translator. In 1933 he was posted as a Sessions Judge and around this time he began writing poetry...

, Urdu writer.
Yousuf Hussain Khan
Yousuf Hussain Khan
Yousuf Hussain Khan BA, D Litt , born in Hyderabad, India, was a noted historian, scholar, educationist, critic and author. He was learned and mastered in the languages of Arabic, English, French, Urdu, Hindi and Persian.-Early life and education:...

, was a historian, scholar, educationist, critic and author.
Salam Masdoosi
Salam Masdoosi
Saalam Bin Musdoos Al Masdoosi Al Muhannad aka Salam Masdoosi was an Islamic scholar, social activist, leader, guide and philanthropist from Mahbubnagar, A.P....

, scholar and writer
Ahmed Abdullah Masdoosi
Ahmed Abdullah Masdoosi
Ahmad Abdullāh al- Masdūsī احمد عبدالله المسدوسى was born in 1905 in Mahboobnagar, India in a Hadhrami Arab family BaMasdoos which was migrated to Deccan from Hazrmout Yemen. His father Musdoos Bin Abdullah was an emir of Bamusdoos tribe as well as the qazi, Imam and leader. He was a poet, honest...

Religious scholars

Muhammad Hamidullah
Muhammad Hamidullah
Muhammad Hamidullah or Muhammad Hameedullah, D. Phil., D. Litt., HI., was a Hyderabadi from Hyderabad State , Muhaddith, Faqih, scholar of Islam and International Law, and foremost a prolific academic author Muhammad Hamidullah or Muhammad Hameedullah, D. Phil., D. Litt., HI., (Urdu: محمد...

Setteled in France, Translate Quran in French & many other languages.
Bahr-Ul-Uloom Hazrat Muhammad Abdul Qadeer Siddiqi Qadri
Muhadis-e-Deccan Syed Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi
Syed Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi
Abul Hasanat Sayyid Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi Qadiri Abul Hasanat Sayyid Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi Qadiri Abul Hasanat Sayyid Abdullah Shah Naqshbandi Qadiri (Arabic: , popularly known as Hadrat Abdullah Shah Sahib, was a scholar of Islam and spiritual reformer. He is more particularly known as a...
Abul Ala Maududi
Abul Ala Maududi
Syed Abul A'ala Maududi , also known as Molana or Shaikh Syed Abul A'ala Mawdudi, was a Sunni Pakistani journalist, theologian, Muslim revivalist leader and political philosopher, and a major 20th century Islamist thinker. He was also a prominent political figure in Pakistan and was the first...

, founder of the Jamaat-e-Islami
Jamaat-e-Islami
This article is about Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan. For other organizations of similar name see Jamaat-e-Islami The Jamaat-e-Islami , is a Pro-Muslim political party in Pakistan...
Maulana Hameeduddin Aqil
Maulana Hameeduddin Aqil
HameedUddin Husammi,, was a Indiani Muslim religious scholar followed particularly in South Asia and also among the South Asian diaspora in the Middle East, Western Europe, and North America...

, founder of the Darul Uloom Hyderabad
Turab-ul-Haq Qadri
Turab-ul-Haq Qadri
Syed Shah Turab-ul-Haq Qadri is an Islamic scholar of the Barelvi school. Qadri was born in Hyderabad Deccan India , and his family moved to Pakistan following the Partition of India...

, Islamic scholar
Allamah Rasheed Turabi
Allamah Rasheed Turabi
Allamah Rasheed Turabi was an Islamic scholar, religious leader, public speaker, poet and philosopher. He was born on 9th Jamadi-us-Sani 1326 / July 9, 1908 in Hyderabad, India....

, Islamic scholar
Sheikh-Ul-Islam Mohammad Badishah Hussaini Qadri
Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui, Islamic scholar migrated to Pakistan.
Mohammed Murtuza Siddiqui
Mohammed Murtuza Siddiqui
Mohammed Murtuza Siddiqui was born 1935 in Hyderabad Deccan in a family of Islamic Theologians, Huffaz and Scholars, his father Maulana Hafiz Mohammed Mehmood Siddiqui was known for his contributions to the poetic translation of the Qur'an into English by Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall .He...

, Islamic scholar and author of The Message of the Qur'an as interpreted by Maulana Azad.

Artists

Amjad Khan
Amjad Khan
Amjad Khan was an acclaimed Indian actor and director. He worked in over 130 films in his film career spanning nearly twenty years. He enjoyed popularity for his villainous roles in Hindi films the most famous being the unforgettable Gabbar Singh in 1975 classic Sholay...

, Bollywood humor and villain actor
Ajit Khan (Hamid Ali Khan), Bollywood Villain actor
Sharmila Tagore
Sharmila Tagore
Sharmila Tagore is an Indian film actress. She has won National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards for her performances.She has led the Indian Film Censor Board from October 2004 till March 2011...
Tabu
Tabu (actress)
Tabu is an Indian film actress. She has mainly acted in Hindi films, though she has also starred in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali language films, as well as one American film...

, actress
Ahmed Rushdi
Ahmed Rushdi
Ahmed Rushdi, SI, PP was a versatile Pakistani playback singer who worked in film music and was "an important contributor to the Golden Age of Pakistani film music." Rushdi is acclaimed as one of the greatest singers ever lived in south asia and was a natural baritone, yet could sing high tenor...

, playback singer
Anwar Maqsood
Anwar Maqsood
Anwar Maqsood Hameedi commonly known as Anwar Maqsood Urdu: انور مقصود) is a Pakistani playwright, poet, television host, satirist, humorist, infrequent actor and painter. He has worked in the entertainment industry for over 35 years.-Life and career:Anwar Maqsood studied at the Gulbarga trust...

, playwright and satirist
Mahmood Ali
Mahmood Ali
Syed Mahmood Ali Urdu:سید محمود علی was a Pakistani radio, television and stage artist. Mahmood Ali was born in Hyderabad, India in 1928. He was best known for his role of Maulvi Sahib in PTV’s production of Taleem-i-Balighan....

, television and radio artist
Munshi Raziuddin
Munshi Raziuddin
Munshi Raziuddin Ahmed Khan was a renowned Pakistani Qawwal and classical musician in India and Pakistan and a researcher of music. He belongs to the best-known gharana of Qawwali, Qawwal Bachchon Ka Gharana of Delhi. Initially, he performed in the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad. However, after...

, qawwali
Qawwali
Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia, particularly in the Punjab and Sindh regions of Pakistan, Hyderabad, Delhi, and other parts of northern India...

musician
Warsi Brothers
Warsi Brothers
Warsi Brothers are an Indian Qawwali musical group, consisting of brothers Nazeer Ahmed Khan Warsi and Naseer Ahmed Khan Warsi , along with eight accompanists...

, qawwali
Qawwali
Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia, particularly in the Punjab and Sindh regions of Pakistan, Hyderabad, Delhi, and other parts of northern India...

musicians
Bahauddin Khan
Qawwal Bahauddin Khan
Ustad Bahauddin Khan Qawwal was an Pakistani Qawwali musician. All five of his sons - Muhammad Najmuddin , Saifuddin Mehmood , Zafeeruddin Ahmed , Mughisuddin Hassan and Ehtishamuddin Hussain Ustad Bahauddin Khan Qawwal (1934 - February 3, 2006) was an Pakistani Qawwali musician. All five of...

, qawwali
Qawwali
Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia, particularly in the Punjab and Sindh regions of Pakistan, Hyderabad, Delhi, and other parts of northern India...

musician
Ateeq Hussain Khan
Ateeq Hussain Khan
Ateeq Hussain Khan Bandanawazi is a classical sufiana qawwal from Hyderabad. He was born in 1980 in Hyderabad. He started learning Qawwali from his father from the early age of five years and participated along with him in Qawwali programs...

, qawwali
Qawwali
Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia, particularly in the Punjab and Sindh regions of Pakistan, Hyderabad, Delhi, and other parts of northern India...

musician
Manzoor Niazi, qawwali
Qawwali
Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia, particularly in the Punjab and Sindh regions of Pakistan, Hyderabad, Delhi, and other parts of northern India...

musician
Moughni Farooki – Ghazal Singer
Talat Aziz
Talat Aziz
Talat Aziz is a popular ghazal singer from Hyderabad, India.-Early life:Born in Hyderabad, India to Abdul Azeem Khan and Sajida Abid, a famous Urdu writer and poet...

, – Ghazal Singer
Mohammad Ali Baig
Mohammad Ali Baig
Mohammad Ali Baig is an Indian theater personality and ad film maker. He is the founder of Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival held in Hyderabad.-Early life:Mohammad Ali Baig was born to renowned theater personality, Qadir Ali Baig in Hyderabad....

, theater personality and ad film maker.
Aziz Qaisi
Aziz Qaisi
Aziz Mohammad Khan or Aziz Qaisi was a well-known Urdu poet, short story writer, and film writer. He was born and educated in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. He started writing early and established himself as poet and story writer. He moved to Mumbai in the late nineteen-fifties, and became an active...

, writer and Screenplay.
Jehan Ara Saeed
Jehan Ara Saeed
Jehan Ara Saeed was veteran radio newsreader of Radio Pakistan. She was the first woman English newsreader of Radio Pakistan.She was born in Hyderabad Deccan in India in 1926. She joined Radio Pakistan in 1950 and remained associated with it till 1973. Jehan Ara Saeed died of ailments related to...

first woman English newsreader of Radio Pakistan.

Scientists

Raziuddin Siddiqui
Raziuddin Siddiqui
Dr. Professor Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui , , also known as Dr. Razi, was an eminent Pakistani theoretical physicist and a renowned mathematician who played an instrumental and an influential role in Pakistan's education system and Pakistan's integrated nuclear detterence development...

, theoretical physicist and member of imperial Britain's nuclear physicist delegation to the US Atomic Bomb-Manhattan Project
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the US Army...

headed by British mathematician William Penney. Was involved in nuclear weapons programs of three countries - US Manhattan Project
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the US Army...

, UK Tube Alloys
Tube Alloys
Tube Alloys was the code-name for the British nuclear weapon directorate during World War II, when the development of nuclear weapons was kept at such a high level of secrecy that it had to be referred to by code even in the highest circles of government...

Project and Pakistan's integrated nuclear detterence development.
Ahmed Mohiuddin
Ahmed Mohiuddin
Dr. Ahmed Mohiuddin was a noted scientist, scholar and researcher of Pakistan....

, founder of the Pakistan Zoological Society, authored 37 books on scientific researchs.

Politicians

Zakir Hussain
Zakir Hussain (politician)
Dr. Zakir Hussain , was the third President of India from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969. He was the first elected Muslim president of India....

, former President of India
President of India
The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...

.
Bahadur Yar Jung
Bahadur Yar Jung
Muhammad Bahadur Khan , alias Nawab Nisar Ahmed Khan and Saadi Khan. Titles Bahadur Yar Jung and Quaid-e-Millath was an Hyderabadi Muslim who argued for the formation of Muslim states in India during the British Occupation in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:He was born in 1905 to Nawab Nasib...

, political leader.
Mir Laiq Ali
Mir Laiq Ali
Mir Laiq Ali was the last Prime Minister of Hyderabad State under the rule of the Nizams. His official title was "President of the Executive Council of the Nizam of Hyderabad".-Career:Laiq Ali was an engineer and an industrialist...

, last Prime Minister of Hyderabad State
Hassan Nasir
Hassan Nasir
Hassan Nasir was a Pakistani proletariat leader and Secretary General of the banned Communist Party of Pakistan . Hasan Nasir belonged to Hyderabad and had fought, along with Makhdoom Mohiuddin and others, in the Telangana armed struggle. He was a maternal grandson of Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk...

, Pakistani communist activist
Asaduddin Owaisi
Asaduddin Owaisi
Asaduddin Owaisi is a Barrister, Indian politician and President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Since 2008...

AIMIM
Mohammed Amanullah Khan, MBT
Majlis Bachao Tehreek
Majlis Bachao Tehreek , is an organization in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.- History :MBT was founded by Mohammed Amanullah Khan as a result of a split from the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen...
Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi
Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi
Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi was an Indian politician from the city of Hyderabad. He served as the Member of Parliament from Hyderabad for six consecutive terms until stepping down in 2004 in favour of his elder son Asaduddin Owaisi...

AIMIM
Shabbir Ali, Ex Minister during Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

rule in AP.

Military Services

Mohammad Ahmed Zaki, former Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....

and Director General of the Indian Army
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...

Infantry
Infantry
Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...

and Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia
Jamia Millia Islamia
Jamia Millia Islamia is an Indian Central University located in Delhi. It was established at Aligarh in United Provinces, India in 1920. It became a Central University by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1988...

(1997-2000).
Jameel Mahmood
Jameel Mahmood
Lt Gen Jameel Mahmood was the General Officer Commander-in-Chief , Eastern Command of the Indian Army. He was killed with his wife in a helicopter crash.-Biography:...

Lt Gen, Commander-in-Chief
Commander-in-Chief
A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...

(GOC-in-C), Eastern Command of the Indian Army
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...

.
Idris Hasan Latif, former Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force
Indian Air Force
The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian armed forces. Its primary responsibility is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during a conflict...

. Former Governor of Maharashtra (1982-85).
Hashim Ali Khan
Hashim Ali Khan
-Biography:Mir Hashim Ali Khan represented the Hyderabad Imperial Lancers at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. On reaching Hyderabad-deccan with the help of other Commandants, he founded the 2nd Nizams own Hyderabad Imperial Service Lancers Troops...

, Commandant of the 2nd Lancers, Hyderabad Imperial Service Troops
Syed Mohammad Ahsan
Syed Mohammad Ahsan
Vice-Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan HQA, SPk, DSO, was a senior three-star admiral who was the 4th Chief of Naval Staff of Pakistan Navy from October 20, 1966 to August 31, 1969...

, former Chief of Naval Staff, Pakistan Navy
Pakistan Navy
The Pakistan Navy is the naval warfare/service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. Pakistan's Navy is responsible for Pakistan's coastline along the Arabian Sea and the defense of important civilian harbors and military bases...

.
Sultan Mehmood
Sultan Mahmood (India)
-Biography:He was a born in Hyderabad, India and is the brother of Lt Gen Jameel Mahmood, ex-General Officer Commander-in-Chief , Eastern Command of the Indian Army. He is a relative of Lt Gen Mohammad Ahmed Zaki of the Indian Army....

, former Major General
Major General
Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...

of the Indian Army
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...

.
Ibrahim Habibullah
Ibrahim Habibullah
Major General Ibrahim Habibullah was an Indian Army General and the commandant of the National Defence Academy . He was a born in Hyderabad, India and was commissioned in the 16th Light Cavalry of the Indian Army as a part of its Armored Corps....

, former Major General
Major General
Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...

of the Indian Army
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...

| former Commandant of Indian National Defence Academy
National Defence Academy
National Defence Academy or National Defense Academy likely refers to:*National Defence Academy *National Defense Academy of JapanIt may also refer to:*Academy of National Defence, Poland...

.
Sami Khan, former Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....

of the Indian Army
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...

| former Commandant of Indian National Defence Academy
National Defence Academy
National Defence Academy or National Defense Academy likely refers to:*National Defence Academy *National Defense Academy of JapanIt may also refer to:*Academy of National Defence, Poland...

.
General El Edroos
General El Edroos
Major-General Syed Ahmed El Edroos was the commander-in-chief of the Hyderabad State army at the time of the annexation of Hyderabad State by India in 1948. He was a close confidante and trusted aide of His Excellency the VII Nizam of Hyderabad. His brothers were also senior officers and...

, last Commander-in-chief of the Hyderabad State
Hyderabad State
-After Indian independence :When India gained independence in 1947 and Pakistan came into existence in 1947, the British left the local rulers of the princely states the choice of whether to join one of the new dominions or to remain independent...

Army.

Administrators

Syed Hashim Ali Akhtar, IAS, Vice-Chancellor Osmania University
Osmania University
Osmania University , , since 1918, is a public university located in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established and named after the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan. It is one of the oldest modern universities in India. It is the first Indian University to have Urdu and...

and Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh Muslim University ,is a residential academic university, established in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as Mohammedan Angelo-Oriental College and later granted the status of Central University by an Act of the Indian Parliament in 1920...

.
A K Khan Commissioner
Commissioner
Commissioner is in principle the title given to a member of a commission or to an individual who has been given a commission ....

of Police Hyderabad.
Sohail Mohammed
Sohail Mohammed
Sohail Mohammed is an India born, American lawyer who was appointed by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as a New Jersey Superior Court Judge in 2011....

, New Jersey Superior Court Judge in 2011.
Abid Hussain
Abid Hussain
Dr. Abid Hussain is an Indian Economist and Diplomat. He is married to Trilok Karki, author of "Sino-Indian Conflict and International Politics in the Indian Sub-Continent", and has three children. His brother is the actor and mime artist Irshad Panjatan. Dr...

IAS, Diplomat
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...

and since 2011 Chancellor
Chancellor
Chancellor is the title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the Cancellarii of Roman courts of justice—ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the...

of English and Foreign Languages University
English and Foreign Languages University
The English and Foreign Languages University , formerly the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages , is a Central University in India. Its main campus is located in Hyderabad...

.
SHUJATH ALI IIS, Dy Director (News), Doordarshan
DoorDarshan
Doordarshan is an Indian public service broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati. It is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in India in terms of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters. Recently, it has also started Digital Terrestrial Transmitters. On September 15, 2009,...

, Govt of India

Cricket

Ghulam Ahmed
Ghulam Ahmed
Ghulam Ahmed was an off spin bowler, who captained India in Test cricket. After his retirement, he served for many years as the secretary of BCCI....
Mohammad Azharuddin
Mohammad Azharuddin
Mohammad Azharuddin also known as Azhar, is an Indian politician and former cricketer. He was an accomplished batsman and captained the Indian cricket team for much of the 1990s, until his involvement in a match-fixing scandal forced him into retirement...
Arshad Ayub
Arshad Ayub
Arshad Ayub is a former Indian cricketer who played in 13 Tests and 32 ODIs from 1987 to 1990. As of January 2010, he became the manager for the Indian Cricket team for the ODI's and Test-series held in Bangladesh. He is also the president of HCA....
Asif Iqbal
Asif Iqbal (cricketer)
Asif Iqbal Razvi is a Pakistani cricketer who captained Pakistan and Kent CCC. He is now an ICC Match Referee....
Abbas Ali Baig
Abbas Ali Baig
Abbas Ali Baig is a former Indian cricketer who played in 10 Tests from 1959 to 1966.He was named one of Indian Cricket 's five Cricketers of the Year for 1959/60....
Syed Mohammed Hadi

Football and hockey

Syed Abdul Rahim
Rahim Saab
Syed Abdul Rahim was an Indian footballer and football manager. He is most known for his achievements with the India national football team in which was considered Indian Football's golden age...

(Football)
Syed Nayeemuddin
Syed Nayeemuddin
Syed Nayeemuddin is an Indian football coach and former player. He played for and was captain of the Indian national team and has coached Mahindra United, Brothers Union, India and Bangladesh. He is the only sports-person to win both the Arjuna and Dronacharya Awards for football.Nayeemuddin was...

(Football)
Shabbir Ali (Football)
Syed Mohammad Hadi
Syed Mohammad Hadi
Syed Mohammad Hadi was one of the most gifted pioneering athletes of India. He not only represented India in cricket and tennis, but was also proficient in field hockey, soccer, table tennis, chess, and polo...

, Football and Hockey

Tennis and other sports

Syed Asif Quadri
Syed Asif Quadri
Syed Asif Quadri was a top seeded tennis player of India and outstanding sportsman. He was the number 1 in tennis in Hyderabad State and Mysore State and number 2 in all of India during the 1950s and early 1960s. He also represented India at the Wimbledon championships in 1954...

(Tennis) represented India at the Wimbledon championships in 1954.
Khanum Haji
Khanum Haji
Khanum Haji was an Indian tennis player from Hyderabad. She was the women's champion in the first-ever Grass Court National Championship of India, held in 1946.- References :...

(Tennis)
Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings...

(Tennis)
Mir Mohtesham Ali Khan
Mir Mohtesham Ali Khan
Mir Mohtesham Ali Khan, 33 Years old, Born in Hyderabad, India.Is a professional bodybuilder with multiple titles in both national and international championships. The highest title obtained by him is Silver medal in Mr World Body Building Championship,in the heavy weight category of 90 kg...

(Bodybuilder)
S. M. Arif
S. M. Arif
Syed Mohammed Arif , popularly known as Arif Saahab, is an Indian badminton coach from Hyderabad, Andra Pradesh. He is a recipient of Dronacharya Award by the Government of India.-Career:...

(Badminton)
Abdul Najeeb Qureshi
Abdul Najeeb Qureshi
Abdul Najeeb Qureshi is an Indian sprinter from Hyderabad. Najeeb, along with Anil Kumar Prakash, jointly holds the current 100 metres Indian national record of 10.30 s....

(Sprint (race))

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