Abstract

This chapter attempts to understand the distinctiveness of Muslim neighbourhoods in Hyderabad and conclude that Muslim neighbourhoods in the city function as social and politico-economic platforms that enable individual and collective enterprises of various kinds for self-provisioning of services and extended reproduction. The chapter also highlights that the population concentration in Muslim neighbourhoods is highest; a large percentage of Muslim slum-dwellers live in rented spaces or lack legal titles/claims of the space they live, and a majority of the Muslim slum-dwellers live in semi-pucca houses. Thus, even living in urban centres like Hyderabad, does not enhance their standard of living.