The Chaush or Chaus are a community of Hadhrami Arab descent found in the Deccan region of India.

The Chaush or Chaus were brought from Yemen to work in the former Hyderabad State as military men for the Nizamss. It is said that especially when it came to safe guarding his family, the 7th Nizam had absolute trust on these Arab Soldiers. They are most concentrated in Marathwada, Telangana and Hyderabad-Karnataka regions, and most of their population is concentrated in the neighbourhoods of Barkas, King Kothi in Hyderabad, Shasha Mahallah in Karimnagar, Al-Tamash in Aurangabad,Old Jalna in Jalna. They also live in Nanded,Parbhani,Beed,Latur,Adilabad, Asifabad, Kagaznagar, Nizamabad, Mahabubnagar and Warangal.

Cuisine

The Hyderabadi haleem, marag (mutton stew), murtabaq, shorba, harira, mandi, kabsa, maqluba, tas kabab, lukhmi, sheer khurma, qubani ka meetha, Aseed and malida have been introduced in Hyderabad by the Chaush or Arabs.

See also

• Barkas

• King Kothi

• Purani Haveli

• Shasha Mahallah

• Chiaus

• Hyderabadi Pahalwan

• Siddi

References

Further reading

• Leif Manger,3 Hadramis in Hyderabad: From Winners to Losers, Asian Journal of Social Science, Volume 35, Numbers 4–5, 2007, pp.405–433(29)

• Engseng Ho, The Graves of Tarim: Genealogy and Mobility across the Indian Ocean, University of California Press, 2006

• Ababu Minda Yimene, An African Indian community in Hyderabad, Cuvillier Verlag, 2004, pg 201

• Hadhrami Traders, Scholars, and Statesmen in the Indian Ocean:1750s-1960s By-Ulrike Freitag and W. G. Clarence-Smith