Deccani Muslims
The Deccani People or Deccani Muslims are a community of Urdu-speaking Muslims who inhabit the Deccan region of Southern India, and speak Deccani, a variety of Urdu. The community traces its origins to the shifting of the Delhi Sultanate's capital from Delhi to Daulatabad in 1327 during the reign of Muhammad bin Tughluq, and come from various native and foreign ethnic backgrounds The migration of Urdu speaking peoples to the Deccan led to the creation of a new variety of Urdu called Deccani, as well as the establishment of the Bahmani Sultanate, which was the first Independent Muslim kingdom in southern India, and the Deccan Sultanates which followed its demise. Deccani Muslims can have Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Turkic ancestries in addition to having the local Dravidian and Indo Aryan heritage. Deccani Muslims, are found in many places throughout South India, extending from southern Maharashtra, to northern Tamil Nadu including Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala where Deccani Muslims from the north migrated, and formed a community there. 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.
The Deccani People are further divided into Hyderabadis, Mysoris, and Madrasis.History
The word Deccani was derived in the court of Bahmani rulers in 1487 AD during Sultan Mahmood Shah Bahmani II.
