List of Hyderabadi Muslims

Not to be confused with List of people from Hyderabad.

Hyderabadi Muslims are an ethnoreligious community of Urdu-speaking Muslims, part of a larger group of Dakhini Muslims, from the area that used to be the princely state of Hyderabad, India, including cities like Hyderabad, Aurangabad and Bidar.

First generation immigrants are not included, however second and third generation immigrants who have adopted Hyderabadi Muslim Culture are usually considered Hyderabadi Muslims and included in the list.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Literature

• Mirza Farhatullah Baig (1883–1947), Urdu writer
• Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri (1885–1953), Urdu scholar, writer, historian and archaeologist^[1][2][3]
• Amjad Hyderabadi (1878–1961), Urdu poet of Ruba'i
• Ahmed Abdullah Masdoosi (1905–1968), Pakistani poet
• Mohiuddin Qadri Zore (1905–1962), Urdu poet, literary critic and historian, established Idare Adabiyaat-e-Urdu in Hyderabad
• Makhdoom Mohiuddin (1908–1969), Urdu poet and Marxist politician^[4]
• Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri (1909–1985), Urdu writer, critic, author and politician; President of Lutfuddaulah Oriental Research Institute, Hyderabad
• Sulaiman Areeb (b. 1922), Urdu poet
• Khamakha Hyderabadi (1929–2017), Urdu poet and humorist
• Fatima Surayya Bajia (1930–2016), Pakistani Urdu novelist and playwright
• Aziz Qaisi (1931–1992), Urdu poet, short story writer, and film writer
• Bilkees I. Latif (1931–2017), authored four books^[5][6]
• Awaz Sayeed (1934–1995), Urdu writer of short stories and biographer
• Mujataba Hussain (b. 1936), Urdu satirist and humorist; Padma Shri recipient^[7][8]
• Razaul Jabbar (1937–2011), Indo-Canadian author of many books, settled in Canada
• Anwar Maqsood (b. 1940), Pakistani script writer, anchorperson, show host
• Masood Ali Khan (b. 1947), authored Islamic and cultural encyclopedia
• Omar Khalidi (1952–2010), authored Hyderabad: After the Fall; migrated to US^[9]
• M. A. Muqtedar Khan (b. 1966), political science professor, Islamic philosopher and Muslim intellectual
• Abid Hasan (d. 1986), translated Tagore's Jana Gana Mana into Shubh Sukh Chain^[10]
• Haroon Siddiqui, Indo-Canadian journalist
• Samina Ali, PEN/Hemingway Award winner for her novel Madras on Rainy Days
• Kenan Malik, writer of race and multiculturalism

Religious scholars

• Inayat Khan (1882–1927), founder of the Sufi Order in the West
• Abul Ala Maududi (1903–1979), Pakistani philosopher, founder of the Jamaat-e-Islami
• Muhammad Hamidullah (1908–2002), professor, translator of Quran into French, authored over a hundred books.
• M. A. Muqtedar Khan (b. 1966), reformist Islamic thinker and strong advocate of Ijtihad
• Hameeduddin Aqil, founder of the Darul Uloom Hyderabad^[11]
• Rasheed Turabi, Islamic scholar
• Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui, Islamic scholar, migrated to Pakistan
• Hashim Amir Ali, Islamic scholar and translator of the Quran in English under the title The Message of the Quran – presented in perspective (1974)
• Sayyid Shamsullah Qadri

Arts

• Inayat Khan (1882–1927), Indian classical musician and Sufi leader.
• Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902-1968). Hindustani classical musician and vocalist.
• Munshi Raziuddin (1912–2003), Pakistani qawwali musician; used to perform in the court of the Nizam
• Ajit Khan (1922–1998), Bollywood actor
• Nigar Sultana (actress) (1932-2000) Bollywood actress
• Sana Javed, Pakistani television actress
• Sharmila Tagore (1944-till date) Bollywood actress
• Shabana Azmi (1950-till date) Bollywood actress
• Mumtaz (Indian actress) (1947-till date) Bollywood actress
• Shahrukh Khan (b. 1965), Bollywood actor (half Hyderabadi)^[12]
• Kabir Khan (director) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.
• Razak Khan 1951-2016) Bollywood actor
• Mahmood Ali (1928–2008), Pakistani television and radio artist
• Fatima Surayya Bajia (1930–2016), Pakistani Urdu novelist, playwright and drama writer
• Irshad Panjatan (b. 1931), actor and mime artist
• Aziz Qaisi (1931–1992), Urdu poet, short story writer, and film writer
• Ahmed Rushdi (1934–1983), Pakistani playback singer
• Bahauddin Khan (1934-2006), Pakistani qawwali musician; used to perform in the court of the Nizam
• Anwar Maqsood (b. 1940), Pakistani playwright and satirist
• Zubaida Tariq (1945–2018), Pakistani chef and cooking expert
• Talat Aziz (b. 1965), Ghazal singer
• Tabu (b. 1971), Bollywood actress; Padma Shri recipient
• Dia Mirza (b.1981) Bollywood actress and Miss India 2000
• Waheeda Rehman (b.1938). Bollywood actress and classical dancer. Earned the Padma Bhushan recipient.
• Aditi Rao Hydari Bollywood actress
• Ateeq Hussain Khan (b. 1980), qawwali musician
• Aziz Naser (b. 1980), actor and film director
• Mohammad Irfan Ali, singer and winner of Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star
• Warsi Brothers, qawwali musicians
• Mohammad Ali Baig, theater personality and ad film maker; Padma Shri recipient
• Mast Ali, Indian actor
• [Shakeel Siddiqui] (1951-2018), Artist, painter - realism

Academics

• Mohammed Vizarat Rasool Khan (1946–2013), founder of Shadan Group of Institutions^[13]
• Ali Yavar Jung (1906–1976), served as Vice-chancellor of the Osmania University as well as the Aligarh Muslim University
• Muhammad Zia ud-Din, served as the acting vice-chancellor of Federal Urdu University, having an Alvi Urdu-speaking (Muhajir) Hyderabadi Muslim background.

Scientists

• Raziuddin Siddiqui (1908–1998), theoretical physicist; member of imperial Britain's nuclear physicist delegation; participated in nuclear weapons programs of the US (Manhattan Project) and UK (Tube Alloys Project)
• Saleh Muhammad Aladdin, astronomer
• Ahmed Mohiuddin (1923–1998), founder of the Pakistan Zoological Society, authored 37 books on scientific research
• Aneesur Rahman (1927-1987), physicist
• Mirza Mohammad Taqui Khan (1931-2024), Chemist. Professor and head of Chemistry Department, Osmania University; Director Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat India. "Homogeneous catalysis by metal complexes" M.M. TAQUI KHAN and ARTHUR E. MARTELL; Vol I and II, Academic press 1974.
• Badar Taqui Khan (1929-2011), Chemist. Professor and Head of Chemistry Department, Osmania University; Principal, Women's College, Osmania University. Platinum complexes with Purines and Pyrimidines.

Politics

• Maulvi Allauddin (1824–1889), revolutionary and Indian Independence activist^[14]
• Turrebaz Khan (?–1859), revolutionary and War Hero of the Indian War of Independence^[15]
• Sir Akbar Hydari (1869–1941), former Prime Minister of Hyderabad^[16]
• Mehdi Nawaz Jung (1894–1967), former governor of Gujarat^[17]
• Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari (1894–1948), former Governor of Assam
• Akbar Ali Khan (1899–1994), former Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Governor of Orissa
• Ali Yavar Jung (1906–1976), former Governor of Maharashtra
• Makhdoom Mohiuddin (1908–1969), communist activist of the Telangana Rebellion
• Sayyid Ahmedullah Qadri (1909–1985), Indian independence activist
• Idris Hasan Latif (1923–2018), former Governor of Maharashta
• Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi (1931–2008), served six terms as Member of Parliament; former AIMIM President
• Asaduddin Owaisi (b. 1969), President Of AIMIM and Member of Parliament
• Akbaruddin Owaisi (b. 1970), MLA from Chandrayangutta constituency
• Suhail A. Khan, American conservative political activist
• Bahadur Yar Jung, prominent figure of the Pakistan movement
• Mir Laiq Ali, last Prime Minister of Hyderabad State
• Hassan Nasir, Pakistani communist activist
• Mohammad Majid Hussain, former Mayor of Hyderabad
• Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri, politician
• Shabbir Ali, Minister during Indian National Congress rule in AP

Military services

• Syed Ahmed El Edroos (1899–1962), veteran of both World Wars; last commander-in-chief of the Hyderabad State Army
• Captain Mateen Ansari (1916–1943), British Indian Army officer; graduate of Indian Military Academy; served in the British Indian Army as a part of the 5th Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment in World War II; posthumous recipient of the George Cross
• Syed Mohammad Ahsan (1920–1989), admiral and former Chief of Naval Staff, Pakistan Navy; weapon engineer officer for Royal Naval Engineers, United Kingdom during the Second World War; recipient of the United Kingdom's Distinguished Service Order military medal
• Idris Hasan Latif (1923–2018), former Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force
• Mohammad Ahmed Zaki (b. 1935), former lieutenant general and director general of the Indian Army Infantry
• Jameel Mahmood (1938–1997), commander-in-chief (GOC-in-C), Eastern Command of the Indian Army
• Hashim Ali Khan, commandant of the 2nd Lancers, Hyderabad Imperial Service Troops
• Shahid Karimullah, admiral and former four-star naval officer; Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Pakistan Navy, 2002–2005; graduate of the United States Naval War College; recipient of the United States military Legion of Merit medal and French military Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour) medal; former senior officer of the Pakistan Navy Elite Special Service Group (Navy), SSGN commando division
• Sultan Mehmood, former major general of the Indian Army
• Sami Khan, former lieutenant general of the Indian Army; former Commandant of Indian National Defence Academy
• Abid Hasan (d. 1984), major in the Azad Hind Fauj^[10]

Administrators, Civil Servants and Diplomats

• Ali Yavar Jung (1906–1976), served as the Indian ambassador to Argentina (1952–54), Egypt (1954–58), Yugoslavia and Greece (1958–61), France (1961–65), and the United States (1968–70)
• Abid Hasan (1911–1984), served as India's Ambassador to Denmark^[10]
• Abid Hussain (1926–2012), IAS; served as India's Ambassador to the United States from 1990 to 1992.
• Ausaf Sayeed, Dr. (b.1963), IFS; served as India's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Yemen and High Commissioner to Seychelles.
• Mohammed Asad Ullah Sayeed ( 1918 - 1997), IAS, served as district collector of East Godawari, Khammam and Mahbubnagar districts in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)^[18]
• Shirin R. Tahir-Kheli, former director of political military affairs, United States National Security Council, US; former research professor at Johns Hopkins University Foreign Policy Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, in Washington DC, US
• Sohail Mohammed, New Jersey Superior Court Judge, 2011
• Abdul Razack, Judicial Member Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Government of India (1992–2003)

Sports

Cricket

• Syed Mohammed Hadi (1899–1971), first class cricketer
• Ghulam Qureshi (1918–1994), first class cricketer
• Ghulam Ahmed (1922–1998), former test captain of the Indian Cricket Team
• Abbas Ali Baig (b. 1939), played 10 tests
• Murtuza Baig (b. 1941), first class cricketer
• Asif Iqbal (b. 1943), cricketer, former captain of the Pakistan cricket team^[19]
• Arshad Ayub (b. 1958), played 13 tests and 32 ODIs
• Mohammad Azharuddin (b. 1963), former captain of the Indian Cricket Team; Padma Shri recipient
• Syed Ahmed Quadri (b. 1981), first class cricketer
• Samad Fallah (b. 1985), first class cricketer
• Mohammed Siraj
• Waheed Yar Khan

Football

• Syed Abdul Rahim (1909–1963), former head coach of India national football team
• Syed Shahid Hakim (b. 1939), represented India at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• Syed Nayeemuddin (b. 1944), former captain of the Indian football team^[20]
• Shabbir Ali (b. 1956), recipient of India's highest award for lifetime achievement in sports, the Dhyan Chand Award
• Yousuf Khan (1937–2006), represented India at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Tennis

• Syed Mohammed Hadi (1899–1971), represented British India at the 1924 Summer Olympics
• Syed Asif Quadri (b. 1936)
• Sania Mirza (b. 1986), former World No.1 and winner of six Grand Slam titles
• Khanum Haji^[21]

Other sports

• Mir Mohtesham Ali Khan, bodybuilding
• S. M. Arif (b. 1944), badminton
• Abdul Najeeb Qureshi (b. 1988), sprint
• Syed Mohammed Hadi, hockey
• Abdul Basith, volleyball

Engineering

• Ali Nawaz Jung, former chief engineer of Hyderabad State

Social work

• Amina Hydari (1878–1939), known for her work during the Great Musi Flood
• Bilkees I. Latif (1931–2017), known for her work in the slums of Mumbai; Padma Shri recipient^[22]
• Zehra Ali Yavar Jung, founder of Society For Clean Cities (SCC); Padma Bhushan recipient
• Ashraf Un Nisa Begum, responsible of saving multiple lives during a fire; only Indian woman recipient of George Cross^[23]
• Khalida Parveen Well known for social and Human Right activist and woman social leader, President Amoomat Society, Hyderabad

Asaf Jahi dynasty

Nizams of Hyderabad

• Asaf Jah I
• Asaf Jah II
• Asaf Jah III
• Asaf Jah IV
• Asaf Jah V
• Asaf Jah VI
• Asaf Jah VII

Descendants of Asaf Jah VII

• Azam Jah
• Moazzam Jah
• Mukarram Jah
• Muffakham Jah
• Azmet Jah
• Mir Najaf Ali Khan

See also

• Hyderabad portal

• Hyderabadi Muslims
• List of Urdu Speaking Muslims