List of Hyderabadi Muslims

Not to be confused with List of people from Hyderabad.

Hyderabadi Muslims are an ethnoreligious community of 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, but second and third generation immigrants who have adopted Hyderabadi Muslim culture are usually considered Hyderabadi Muslims, and are included in the list. Descendants of those who shifted from Hyderabad or the Deccan to other regions/countries are also included.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to 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 on race and multiculturalism
• Syed Abdul Latif, Indian writer of English literature; president of Institute of Indo-.Middle East Cultural Studies and Academy of Islamic Studies, Hyderabad; author of books on Islamic culture and Urdu literature
• Khamakha Hyderabadi, Urdu language poet from Hyderabad, known for his poems and was a regular at Mazahiya Mushairas
• Mir Taher Ali Khan, distinguished linguistic scholar and professor in European languages

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, author and Scholar who wrote a history of Urdu literature, Urdu E Qadim (1925)
• Moulana Sahvi Shah, Sufi mystic, scholar, writer, and poet born in Hyderabad; founded the Conference of World Religions, and served as editor for Urdu weeklies like Jhalkian, Inquilab, and Al-Noor
• Kareemullah Shah (1838–1913), Muslim Sufi, saint and scholar of the Naqshbandi order
• Maulana Abdullah Quraishi Al-Azhari (1935–2015), Islamic scholar from Hyderabad; served as the khateeb and imam of the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad and the vice chancellor of Jamia Nizamia University
• Hazrath Syed Kamalullah Shah, renowned Muslim Sufi, saint and scholar of the Quadri, Chisti order
• Syed Sultan Mahmoodullah Shah Hussaini, renowned Muslim Sufi, saint and scholar of the Quadri, Chisti order
• Abdul Raheem Quraishi, Indian Islamic scholar who served as the President of Majlis-e-Tameer-e-Millat, a socio-religious organization based in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, founded by Syed Khaleelullah Hussaini in the 1950s
• Sahib Husayni (1805–1880), Sufi saint from Hyderabad State; had a great influence over spiritual developments in the Deccan area; belonged to Qadiri Order; proponent of the concept of Wahdat al-Shuhood
• Ghousi Shah (1893–1954), Muslim Sufi saint and poet

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 (b. 1944), Bollywood actress
• Shabana Azmi (b. 1950), Bollywood actress
• Mumtaz (Indian actress) (b. 1947), Bollywood actress
• Shahrukh Khan (b. 1965), Bollywood actor (half Hyderabadi) ^[12]
• Kabir Khan, 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; 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
• Subhani Ba Yunus (1931–2006), Pakistani actor and television and radio personality
• Kamal Irani (1932–1989), Pakistani film actor
• Ghulam Mohiuddin, Pakistani actor with roots from Hyderabad India
• Zeshan Bagewadi, American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and recording artist with family roots from Hyderabad
• Adnan Sajid Khan, Indian comedian and actor, popularly known by his stage named Gullu Dada and Gullu Bhai
• Sulaiman Areeb (1922–1972), Indian poet

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
• Omar Khalidi (1953–2010), Muslim scholar, staff member of MIT in the US, and author
• Abid Hussain, Indian economist, civil servant and diplomat; India's ambassador to the United States 1990–1992; member of the Planning Commission 1985–1990
• Ghulam Yazdani, Indian archaeologist; one of the founders of the Archaeological Department during the colonial-era reign of Nizam of Hyderabad
• Syed Ahmed Quadri (1908–1990), administrator, educator, and senior officer in the government of the Nizam of Hyderabad and later in the government of India and the UNO
• Arastu Yar Jung (1858–1940), chief physician and advisor to the Nizam
• Mehdi Hasan, British-American broadcaster, journalist, and founder of the media company Zeteo
• Faizan Zaki, first Muslim to win the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee

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 Alladin, astronomer
• Ahmed Mohiuddin (1923–1998), founder of the Pakistan Zoological Society, wrote 37 books on scientific research
• Aneesur Rahman (1927–1987), physicist
• Saleh Muhammad Alladin, among the most famous 100 astronomers of the world and served as the educational advisor to former president APJ Abdul Kalam of India

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
• Mahmood Ali (b. 1952), Indian politician, deputy chief minister of Telangana 2014–2018
• Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri, politician
• Shabbir Ali, minister during Indian National Congress rule in AP
• Qazi Saleem (1930–2005), Indian politician and Indian Urdu poet
• Imtiyaz Jaleel (1968), Indian politician
• Mohammed Hameeduddin, American former politician and the former mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey
• Nabeela Syed, American politician and Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 51st district
• Ghazala Hashmi, American politician serving as a Virginia state senator from the 15th district since 2020

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]
• Talat Masood (b. 1928), retired three-star rank army general, political commentator, and mechanical engineer
• Moinuddin Haider (b. 1942), retired three-star rank general of the Pakistan Army, who later served as the governor and chief minister (chief executive) of Sindh, and then as the federal Interior Minister of Pakistan
• Kamal Matinuddin (1926–2017), Pakistani general, diplomat, and military historian; wrote on Pakistan's foreign policy, nuclear policy, and military history
• Muhammad Ali Beg (1852–1930), Indian military leader from Hyderabad State, serving there and in the British Indian Army

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 1990–1992
• Ausaf Sayeed (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)
• Kazi Zainul Abedin (1892–1962), Urdu poet and an officer in the Government of the Nizam of Hyderabad; the last Kazi of Udgir under the Hyderabad State
• Mehdi Nawaz Jung, 1st governor of Gujarat

Sports

Cricket

• Ghulam Ahmed (1922–1998), former test captain of the Indian Cricket Team
• Arshad Ayub (b. 1958), played 13 tests and 32 ODIs
• Mohammad Azharuddin (b. 1963), former captain of the Indian Cricket Team; Padma Shri recipient
• 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]
• Samad Fallah (b. 1985), first class cricketer
• Mohammed Siraj
• Waheed Yar Khan
• Khlid Qayyum (b. 1958), Indian former cricketer
• Mohammad Nadeemuddin (b. 1982), Indian former cricketer
• Mohammad Mohiuddin (b. 1977), Indian former cricketer
• Mohammad Ghouse Baba (b. 1978), Indian former cricketer
• Syed Mehdi Hasan (b. 1990), Indian cricketer who plays for Hyderabad
• Mohammed Khader (b. 1987), Indian cricketer
• Syed Mohammed Hadi (1899–1971), first class cricketer
• Mohammad Muddassir (b. 1992), Indian cricketer
• Syed Ahmed Quadri (b. 1908), first class cricketer
• Ghulam Qureshi (1918–1994), first class cricketer

Football

• Hussain Ahmed (1932–2021), represented the Indian national football team at the 1956 Summer Olympics
• Shabbir Ali (b. 1956), recipient of India's highest award for lifetime achievement in sports, the Dhyan Chand Award
• Syed Shahid Hakim (b. 1939), represented India at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• H. H. Hamid (b. 1942), represented the Indian team that finished as runners up in the 1964 AFC Asian Cup
• Yousuf Khan (1937–2006), represented India at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• Syed Moinuddin (1924–1978), played as a forward, represented the Hyderabad City Police club and the India national team (e.g., in the 1952 Summer Olympics)
• Syed Nayeemuddin (b. 1944), former captain of the Indian football team ^[20]
• Syed Abdul Rahim (1909–1963), former head coach of India national football team
• Mohammed Zulfiqaruddin (1936–2019), Indian association football player who played for the India national football team

Tennis

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

Other sports

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

Engineering

• Ali Nawaz Jung, former chief engineer of Hyderabad State

Social work

• Victor Begg, American author, philanthropist and community leader
• Shahnaz Bukhari, Pakistani human rights activist with family roots linked to Hyderabad, noted for her pioneering work against domestic violence and women’s rights
• Amina Hydari (1878–1939), known for her work during the Great Musi Flood
• Asma Jahangir (1952–2018), primarily associated with Pakistan but had ancestral roots tracing back to Hyderabad; human rights lawyer and activist, co-founder of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
• Zehra Ali Yavar Jung, founder of Society For Clean Cities (SCC); Padma Bhushan recipient
• Bilkees I. Latif (1931–2017), known for her work in the slums of Mumbai; Padma Shri recipient ^[22]
• Khalida Parveen, social and human rights activist and women's social leader, president of 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

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