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The '''Chaush''' or '''Chaus''' are [[Muslim]]<ref name="Mediaeval Deccan history">Mediaeval Deccan History, eds Kulkarni, M A Naeem and de Souza, Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1996, pg 63, https://books.google.com/books?id=O_WNqSH4ByQC&lpg=PA52&pg=PA63#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> community of [[Hadhrami people|Hadhrami]] [[Arab]] descent found in the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] region of [[India]].<ref name="Khalidi">Omar Khalidi, [https://books.google.com/books?id=O_WNqSH4ByQC&lpg=PA52&pg=PA63#v=onepage&q&f=false The Arabs of Hadramawt in Hyderabad] in Mediaeval Deccan History, eds Kulkarni, Naeem and de Souza, Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1996, pg 63</ref> The name is believed to originate from the [[Turkish language|Turkish]] word [[Chiaus]] used during the [[Ottoman era]] of the [[Balkans]] for military officers who were often tasked with guarding palaces.<ref name="Mediaeval Deccan history"/> They have a common origin with the [[Arab (Gujarat)|Chavuse]] community of [[Gujarat]].
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The Chaush or Chaus were brought from Yemen to work in the former [[Hyderabad State]] as military men and body guards for the '''[[Nizam of Hyderabad|Nizam]]s'''. It is said that especially when it came to safe guarding his family, the [[Mir Osman Ali Khan|7th Nizam]] had absolute trust on these Arab bodyguards.
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<ref name="TheHindu">[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/a-home-for-the-chaush-community/article2483556.ece A home for the Chaush community], [[The Hindu]], 25 Sep 2011</ref> They are most concentrated in the neighbourhood of [[Barkas, Hyderabad|Barkas]] in [[Hyderabad]] city.<ref name="TheHindu" /> Many Chaush later settled in other parts of India, and around the world as part of the Hyderabadi diaspora, especially in Pakistan, and [[Arab states of the Persian Gulf]].
 
The founders of both the [[Qu'aiti]] and [[Kathiri]] states in [[Hadhramawt]] had previously served as [[jemadar]]s in [[Hyderabad]].<ref>Boxberger, Linda. On the Edge of Empire: Hadhramawt, Emigration, and the Indian Ocean, 1880s-1930s. 2002. [[State University of New York Press ]]</ref>
 
Among the best known cultural contributions of the Chaush to India are [[Marfa (music)|Marfa]] music and dance, and [[Hyderabadi haleem]], both which are culturally important to the [[Hyderabadi Muslims|Hyderabadi Muslim people]], and seen at almost all wedding ceremonies.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/from-the-era-of-the-nizams-arabi-marfa-continues-to-be-a-hit-even-now/article4032031.ece|title=From the era of the Nizams 'Arabi marfa' continues to be a hit even now|date=2012-10-26|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-03-19}}</ref>
 
==Culture==
 
===Cuisine===
The Hyderabadi Haleem and [[Mandi (food)|Mandi]] have been introduced in Hyderabad by the Chaush people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2020/feb/19/crossing-culinary-landscapes-exploring-yemeni-cuisine-at-osmania-university-2105278.html|title=Crossing culinary landscapes, exploring Yemeni cuisine at Osmania University}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/mandi-and-the-arabian-connection/article22438127.ece|title=Mandi and the Arabian connection|newspaper=The Hindu|date=13 January 2018|last1=Mohammed|first1=Syed}}</ref>
 
==Notable people==
* [[Subhani ba Yunus]], Pakistani actor
* [[General El Edroos]]
* [[Sulaiman Areeb]], Urdu poet
* [[Awaz Sayeed]], Urdu writer
 
==See also==
* [[Arab (Gujarat)|Arabs of Gujarat]]
* [[Hadhrami people]]
* [[Siddi]]
* [[Hyderabadi Pahalwan]]
* [[Chiaus]]
 
== References ==
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==Further reading==
* Omar Khalidi, [https://books.google.com/books?id=O_WNqSH4ByQC&lpg=PA52&pg=PA52#v=onepage&q&f=false The Arabs of Hadramawt in Hyderabad] in Mediaeval Deccan History, eds Kulkarni, Naeem and de Souza, Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1996
* Leif Manger, [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/saj/2007/00000035/F0020004/art00003 Hadramis in Hyderabad: From Winners to Losers], [[Asian Journal of Social Science]], Volume 35, Numbers 4–5, 2007, pp.&nbsp;405–433(29)
* Engseng Ho, [https://books.google.com/books?id=YMcZU0VHdG0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb The Graves of Tarim: Genealogy and Mobility across the Indian Ocean], [[University of California Press]], 2006
* Ababu Minda Yimene, [https://books.google.com/books?id=DigPvwHTqJ4C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA201#v=onepage&q&f=false An African Indian community in Hyderabad], Cuvillier Verlag, 2004, pg 201
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=gBTbS4eNGp8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Hadhrami Traders, Scholars, and Statesmen in the Indian Ocean:1750s-1960s By-Ulrike Freitag and W. G. Clarence-Smith]
 
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[[Category:Arab diaspora in India]]
[[Category:Arab groups]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in India]]
[[Category:Hadhrami people]]
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[[Category:Muhajir communities]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Social groups of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Social groups of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Social groups of Telangana]]
[[Category:Hyderabad State Forces]]

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