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Hyderabadi Muslims

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “community of urdu -speaking muslims from the area that used to be the princely state of hyderabad”. Today it says “community of deccani people”.
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Hyderabadi Muslims who settled in Pakistan, see Muhajir . Ethnic group Hyderabadi Muslims , also referred to as Hyderabadis are a community of Deccani people , who are part of a larger ethnic group of Urdu-speaking Muslims , from the area that used to be the princely state of Hyderabad in the regions of Marathwada , Telangana , and Kalyana-Karnataka .1 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 , USA, Canada and the United Kingdom. The Nizams Dominions (Hyd State)" . 1947. Marathwada Under the Nizams, 1724-1948 . The Times of India . 7 January 2012 . The Times of India . 11 November 2011 .

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community of urdu -speaking muslims from the area that used to be the princely state of hyderabad

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community of deccani people

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