Indian Saudis or Indo-Saudis (; ) are
Saudis
Saudis (; local dialects: , suʿūdiyyīn) or Saudi Arabians are the citizen population of the Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who speak the Arabic language, a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language, and share a common Ancesto ...
of
Indian origin. They consist mainly of the descendants of
Hajj pilgrims who hailed from the territories of
Mughal
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* Mughal architecture
* Mug ...
,
British
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Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
* British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ...
,
modern India
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History
*Modern history
** Early Modern period
** Modern age, Late Modern period
*** 18th century
*** 19th century
*** 20th century
** Contemporary history
* Moderns, a faction of Freemasonry that existed in the 18th century
...
or
Pakistan
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and settled in
Hejaz
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before or after the
establishment of Saudi Arabia,
immigrants
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and residents who were naturalized prior to the revocation of ''
jus soli
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'' citizenship rights
and children born to Saudi fathers under the ''
jus sanguinis
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'' principle.
Most Indo-Saudis adhere to Islam and speak
Arabic
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and
Urdu
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.
Notable Indo-Saudis
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Abu Turab al-Zahiri
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Jamīl bin ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq bin ʿAbd al-Waḥīd bin Muḥammad bin al-Hāshim bin Bilāl al-Hāshimī al-ʿUmarī al-ʿAdawī, better known as Abū Turāb al-Ẓāhirī (; 1 January 1923 – 4 May 2002), was an Indian Sa ...
, theologian and jurist
*
Ziaur Rahman Azmi, theologian and scholar
*
Muhammad Mustafa Azmi
Muhammad Mustafa Al-A'zami (; 1930 – 20 December 2017) was an Indian Saudis, Indian-born Saudi Arabian contemporary hadith scholar best known for his critical investigation of the theories of fellow Islamic scholars Ignác Goldziher, David Mar ...
, scholar
*
Abdulbasit Hindi, footballer
See also
*
Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia
Pakistanis in Saudi Arabia are either Pakistani people who live in Saudi Arabia after having been born elsewhere, or are Saudi Arabian-born but have Pakistani roots. By Pakistani roots, this could mean roots linking back to Pakistan or Pakistani ...
References
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Saudi Arabian people of Indian descent
Saudi Arabia
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