Delhi muslim teli samaj
Teli those follwers of islam call him self a muslim teli samaj. They are now a community of small businessman and traders, although many are still engaged in oil pressing. heir traditional occupation of oil pressing has now been replaced with the growing of cash crops and business. Many are now successful businessmen. they are manufacturer of oil. A good many of the Delhi Teli emigrated to Pakistan, at partition, and now found concentrated in Karachi.
In Delhi, the muslim Teli samaj are sub-divided into two communities, the Teli proper and the Teli Dhuniya. They live in the neighbourhoods of Phatak Teliya, Phatak Habash Khan, Khirwala Phatak and Borhaiya in Old Delhi. The Delhi Teli are also known as Shaikh Mansuri, and this name has replaced Teli as a self-description.
