Chaush
The Chaush are Muslim community of Hadhrami Arab descent found in the Deccan region of India. It is a Turkish word used particularly during the Ottoman era of the Balkans, Čauši were military officers often tasked with guarding palaces. They have a common origin with the Chavuse community of Gujarat.
Distribution
The Arab community in Hyderabad is the central connection chord to the government affairs and where in have some families representing the Hadhramis of India and secure their right in Yemen.
Chaush people
Subhani ba Yunus, Pakistani actor
General El Edroos
Salam Masdoosi
See also
Arabs of Gujarat
Hadhrami people
Siddi
References
Further reading
Omar Khulaidi, The Arabs of Hadramawt in Hyderabad in Mediaeval Deccan History, eds Kulkarni, Naeem and de Souza, Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1996
Leif Manger, 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