Dakhini Muslims

The Dakhini Muslims, or Deccani Muslims, are a community of diverse peoples from various ethnic backgrounds who inhabit the Deccan region of Southern India, and speak the Dakhini language, a form of Urdu.[1] The community now has their own separate ethnic identity, but the Dakhini Muslims come from various native and foreign ethnic backgrounds. Notable communities include the Hyderabadi Muslims of the erstwhile Hyderabad State.[2] Their history can be traced to the Bahmani Sultanate, which was the first Independent Muslim kingdom in southern India,[3] and the Deccan Sultanates which followed its demise.[4] Dakhini Muslims can have Arab, Persian, and Turkish ancestries in addition to having the local Dravidian and Indo Aryan heritage.[5] Dakhini Muslims, are found in many places throughout South India, extending from southern Maharashtra, to northern Tamil Nadu, and Kerala where Dakhini Muslims from the north migrated, and formed a community there.[6] There are also large diaspora communities, especially in Pakistan, where they settled after Indian independence, forming a portion of the Urdu speaking minority of Pakistan, the Muhajirs.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kya ba so ba – Learning to speak south-indian urdu". www.zanyoutbursts.com. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  2. ↑ "Hyderabadi heritage: Deccan diaries - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  3. ↑ "Bahmani sultanate | historical Muslim state, India". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  4. ↑ "Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700 Opulence and Fantasy | The Metropolitan Museum of Art". metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  5. ↑ Eaton, Richard Maxwell (1996). Sufis of Bijapur, 1300 - 1700 : social roles of Sufis in medieval India (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publ. p. 41. ISBN 978-8121507400. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Mohammada, Malika (2005-01-01). Culture of Hindi. Kalinga Publications. ISBN 9788187644736.
  7. ↑ Leonard, Karen Isaksen (2007-01-01). Locating Home: India's Hyderabadis Abroad. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804754422.
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