Anderkoti - Revision history

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-== History ==
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-In the old part of Ajmer, there is a locality known for its exceptional cultures and rituals, The ''Anderkotis''. they are Muslim of different castes and clans. Businessman, Moneylenders and wealthy people hire them as bodyguard for their fearlessness.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gupta|first=Dr Mohan Lal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Pk_CQAAQBAJ&q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F&pg=PA524|title=The Great History of Ajmer: अजमेर का वृहत् इतिहास|publisher=Shubhda Prakashan|language=hi}}</ref> In the past When the [[Langar khana|langar]] is cooked it first sets apart for the foreign pilgrims, and then it is the hereditary privilege of the people of Inderkot, and of the menials of [[Ajmer Sharif Dargah|Dargah]] to empty the [[Langar khana|cauldron]]. The custom of "looting of deg" is very ancient but no accounts of its origin can be given.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rajputana (Agency ).|first=Rajputana (Agency|url=http://archive.org/details/rajputanadistri00agegoog|title=Rajputana District Gazetteers|date=1904|publisher=Scottish MissionIndustries Co., Ltd.|others=New York Public Library|language=English}}</ref> however now this practice has been discontinued.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 23, 2001|first=Sonia|last=Faleiro|title=Laxmi Dhaul talks about her photographic travel guide 'The Sufi Saint of Ajmer'|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20010723-laxmi-dhaul-talks-about-her-photographic-travel-guide-the-sufi-saint-of-ajmer-773854-2001-07-23|access-date=2021-02-23|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
+| group            = Anderkoti
 == Haidos or Haiydos ==
-In the [[Muharram|Moharram]] month of Islamic calendar the ''Anderkotis'' do a ritual with their sharp swords known as "Haidos or Haydos ". After the Partition Anderkoti people who migrated to Pakistan started this tradition in the [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad's]], Khata Chowk area and still continued.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hyderabad: 10 Muharram to be observed amid strict security|url=https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/09/29/hyderabad-10-muharram-to-be-observed-amid-strict-security/|url-status=live}}</ref> It is mentioned as 'The Swords of play ' in Rajputana District Gazette.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rajputana (Agency ).|first=Rajputana (Agency|url=http://archive.org/details/rajputanadistri00agegoog|title=Rajputana District Gazetteers|date=1904|publisher=Scottish MissionIndustries Co., Ltd.|others=New York Public Library|language=English}}</ref> hundred men perform this and 100 Swords are given by Ajmer Administration.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Sword of Play : पाकिस्तान ने अपनाई अजमेर की यह परम्परा|url=https://www.patrika.com/ajmer-news/pakistan-adopted-this-tradition-of-ajmer-5068536/|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Patrika News|language=hindi}}</ref>
+In the [[Muharram|Moharram]] month of Islamic calendar the ''Anderkotis'' do a ritual with their sharp swords known as "Haidos or Haydos ". After the Partition Anderkoti people who migrated to Pakistan started this tradition in the [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]], [[Sindh]] and still continued.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hyderabad: 10 Muharram to be observed amid strict security|url=https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/09/29/hyderabad-10-muharram-to-be-observed-amid-strict-security/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-24|title=Pakistan Adopted This Tradition Of Ajmer - The Sword of Play : पाकिस्तान ने अपनाई अजमेर की यह परम्परा {{!}} Patrika News|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124123006/https://www.patrika.com/ajmer-news/pakistan-adopted-this-tradition-of-ajmer-5068536/|access-date=2021-11-24|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> It is mentioned as 'The Swords of play ' in Rajputana District Gazette.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rajputana (Agency ).|first=Rajputana (Agency|url=http://archive.org/details/rajputanadistri00agegoog|title=Rajputana District Gazetteers|date=1904|publisher=Scottish MissionIndustries Co., Ltd.|others=New York Public Library|language=English}}</ref> hundred men perform this and 100 Swords are given by Ajmer Administration.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=The Sword of Play : पाकिस्तान ने अपनाई अजमेर की यह परम्परा|url=https://www.patrika.com/ajmer-news/pakistan-adopted-this-tradition-of-ajmer-5068536/|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Patrika News|language=hindi}}</ref>
 == References ==
 {{Reflist}}
 [[Category:Muslim communities in Asia]]
 [[Category:Muslim communities of Rajasthan]]
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 [[Category:Sufi saints]]
 [[Category:British India]]

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	'''Anderkoti, Koti''' or '''Kotiyan''' ([[Urdu]]; اندر کوٹی )~~is a Muslim community mainly known for Haidos a ritual only performed by '''Anderkoti''' in festival~~ of ~~[[Muharram]] and Looting of deg~~ in ~~[[Ajmer Sharif Dargah\|Dargah]]~~ of ~~[[Ajmer]].~~<ref>{{Cite ~~news~~ \|~~date~~=~~2 October 2017~~ \|~~title~~=~~Almost Seventy People Badly Injured in Haidos \|language=hindi~~ \|url=https://~~www~~.~~patrika~~.~~com~~/~~ajmer-news~~/~~almost-seventy-people-badly-injured-in-haidos-~~1~~-1867010/~~ \|~~access-date~~=~~10 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news~~ \|~~date~~=~~21 May 2015~~ \|~~title~~=~~Tradition of Looting Deg is Quite Interesting~~ \|~~url~~=~~https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/tradition-of-looting-deg-is-quite-interesting-415/?slide=8~~ \|~~access-date~~=~~10 March 2021~~}}</ref> ~~They are hereditary inhabitants of Indarkot, a region in [[Ajmer]]~~ and predominantly found in India and Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Sword of Play : पाकिस्तान ने अपनाई अजमेर की यह परम्परा\|url=https://www.patrika.com/ajmer-news/pakistan-adopted-this-tradition-of-ajmer-5068536/\|access-date=2021-02-23\|website=Patrika News\|language=hindi}}</ref>		'''Anderkoti, Koti''' or '''Kotiyan''' ([[Urdu]]; اندر کوٹی)They are the descendants of the soldiers who came to Ajmer in the time of Shahab-ud-din <ref>{{Cite book\|last=La Touche\|first=J.D\|url=https://dds.crl.edu/item/2221/1\|title=Report on The Settlement of the Ajmer & Merwara Districts\|publisher=The Foreign Department Press\|year=1875\|location=Calcutta\|pages=14}}</ref>and predominantly found in India and Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Sword of Play : पाकिस्तान ने अपनाई अजमेर की यह परम्परा\|url=https://www.patrika.com/ajmer-news/pakistan-adopted-this-tradition-of-ajmer-5068536/\|access-date=2021-02-23\|website=Patrika News\|language=hindi}}</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==
	In the old part of Ajmer, there is a locality known for its exceptional cultures and rituals, The ''Anderkotis''. they are Muslim of different castes and clans. Businessman, Moneylenders and wealthy people hire them as bodyguard for their fearlessness.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Gupta\|first=Dr Mohan Lal\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Pk_CQAAQBAJ&q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F&pg=PA524\|title=The Great History of Ajmer: अजमेर का वृहत् इतिहास\|publisher=Shubhda Prakashan\|language=hi}}</ref> In the past When the [[Langar khana\|langar]] is cooked it first sets apart for the foreign pilgrims, and then it is the hereditary privilege of the people of ~~Anderkot~~, and of the menials of [[Ajmer Sharif Dargah\|Dargah]] to empty the [[Langar khana\|cauldron]]. The custom of "looting of deg" is very ancient but no accounts of its origin can be given.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Rajputana (Agency ).\|first=Rajputana (Agency\|url=http://archive.org/details/rajputanadistri00agegoog\|title=Rajputana District Gazetteers\|date=1904\|publisher=Scottish MissionIndustries Co., Ltd.\|others=New York Public Library\|language=English}}</ref> however now this practice has been discontinued.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=July 23, 2001\|first=Sonia\|last=Faleiro\|title=Laxmi Dhaul talks about her photographic travel guide 'The Sufi Saint of Ajmer'\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20010723-laxmi-dhaul-talks-about-her-photographic-travel-guide-the-sufi-saint-of-ajmer-773854-2001-07-23\|access-date=2021-02-23\|website=India Today\|language=en}}</ref>		In the old part of Ajmer, there is a locality known for its exceptional cultures and rituals, The ''Anderkotis''. they are Muslim of different castes and clans. Businessman, Moneylenders and wealthy people hire them as bodyguard for their fearlessness.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Gupta\|first=Dr Mohan Lal\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Pk_CQAAQBAJ&q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F&pg=PA524\|title=The Great History of Ajmer: अजमेर का वृहत् इतिहास\|publisher=Shubhda Prakashan\|language=hi}}</ref> In the past When the [[Langar khana\|langar]] is cooked it first sets apart for the foreign pilgrims, and then it is the hereditary privilege of the people of Inderkot, and of the menials of [[Ajmer Sharif Dargah\|Dargah]] to empty the [[Langar khana\|cauldron]]. The custom of "looting of deg" is very ancient but no accounts of its origin can be given.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Rajputana (Agency ).\|first=Rajputana (Agency\|url=http://archive.org/details/rajputanadistri00agegoog\|title=Rajputana District Gazetteers\|date=1904\|publisher=Scottish MissionIndustries Co., Ltd.\|others=New York Public Library\|language=English}}</ref> however now this practice has been discontinued.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=July 23, 2001\|first=Sonia\|last=Faleiro\|title=Laxmi Dhaul talks about her photographic travel guide 'The Sufi Saint of Ajmer'\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20010723-laxmi-dhaul-talks-about-her-photographic-travel-guide-the-sufi-saint-of-ajmer-773854-2001-07-23\|access-date=2021-02-23\|website=India Today\|language=en}}</ref>

			== Haidos or Haiydos ==
	In the [[Muharram\|Moharram]] month of Islamic calendar the ''Anderkotis'' do a ritual with their sharp swords known as "Haidos or Haydos ". After the Partition Anderkoti people who migrated to Pakistan started this tradition in the [[Hyderabad, Sindh\|Hyderabad's]], Khata Chowk area and still continued.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Hyderabad: 10 Muharram to be observed amid strict security\|url=https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/09/29/hyderabad-10-muharram-to-be-observed-amid-strict-security/\|url-status=live}}</ref> It is mentioned as 'The Swords of play ' in Rajputana District Gazette.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Rajputana (Agency ).\|first=Rajputana (Agency\|url=http://archive.org/details/rajputanadistri00agegoog\|title=Rajputana District Gazetteers\|date=1904\|publisher=Scottish MissionIndustries Co., Ltd.\|others=New York Public Library\|language=English}}</ref> hundred men perform this and 100 Swords are given by Ajmer Administration.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Sword of Play : पाकिस्तान ने अपनाई अजमेर की यह परम्परा\|url=https://www.patrika.com/ajmer-news/pakistan-adopted-this-tradition-of-ajmer-5068536/\|access-date=2021-02-23\|website=Patrika News\|language=hindi}}</ref>		In the [[Muharram\|Moharram]] month of Islamic calendar the ''Anderkotis'' do a ritual with their sharp swords known as "Haidos or Haydos ". After the Partition Anderkoti people who migrated to Pakistan started this tradition in the [[Hyderabad, Sindh\|Hyderabad's]], Khata Chowk area and still continued.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Hyderabad: 10 Muharram to be observed amid strict security\|url=https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/09/29/hyderabad-10-muharram-to-be-observed-amid-strict-security/\|url-status=live}}</ref> It is mentioned as 'The Swords of play ' in Rajputana District Gazette.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Rajputana (Agency ).\|first=Rajputana (Agency\|url=http://archive.org/details/rajputanadistri00agegoog\|title=Rajputana District Gazetteers\|date=1904\|publisher=Scottish MissionIndustries Co., Ltd.\|others=New York Public Library\|language=English}}</ref> hundred men perform this and 100 Swords are given by Ajmer Administration.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=The Sword of Play : पाकिस्तान ने अपनाई अजमेर की यह परम्परा\|url=https://www.patrika.com/ajmer-news/pakistan-adopted-this-tradition-of-ajmer-5068536/\|access-date=2021-02-23\|website=Patrika News\|language=hindi}}</ref>

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'''Anderkoti, Koti''' or '''Kotiyan''' ([[Urdu]]; اندر کوٹی )is a Muslim community mainly known for Haidos a ritual only performed by '''Anderkoti''' in festival of [[Muharram]] and Looting of deg in [[Ajmer Sharif Dargah|Dargah]] of [[Ajmer]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 October 2017 |title=Almost Seventy People Badly Injured in Haidos |language=hindi |url=https://www.patrika.com/ajmer-news/almost-seventy-people-badly-injured-in-haidos-1-1867010/ |access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=21 May 2015 |title=Tradition of Looting Deg is Quite Interesting |url=https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/tradition-of-looting-deg-is-quite-interesting-415/?slide=8 |access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref> They are hereditary inhabitants of Indarkot, a region in [[Ajmer]] and predominantly found in India and Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Sword of Play : पाकिस्तान ने अपनाई अजमेर की यह परम्परा|url=https://www.patrika.com/ajmer-news/pakistan-adopted-this-tradition-of-ajmer-5068536/|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Patrika News|language=hindi}}</ref>

== History ==
In the old part of Ajmer, there is a locality known for its exceptional cultures and rituals, The ''Anderkotis''. they are Muslim of different castes and clans. Businessman, Moneylenders and wealthy people hire them as bodyguard for their fearlessness.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gupta|first=Dr Mohan Lal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Pk_CQAAQBAJ&q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%9F&pg=PA524|title=The Great History of Ajmer: अजमेर का वृहत् इतिहास|publisher=Shubhda Prakashan|language=hi}}</ref> In the past When the [[Langar khana|langar]] is cooked it first sets apart for the foreign pilgrims, and then it is the hereditary privilege of the people of Anderkot, and of the menials of [[Ajmer Sharif Dargah|Dargah]] to empty the [[Langar khana|cauldron]]. The custom of "looting of deg" is very ancient but no accounts of its origin can be given.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rajputana (Agency ).|first=Rajputana (Agency|url=http://archive.org/details/rajputanadistri00agegoog|title=Rajputana District Gazetteers|date=1904|publisher=Scottish MissionIndustries Co., Ltd.|others=New York Public Library|language=English}}</ref> however now this practice has been discontinued.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 23, 2001|first=Sonia|last=Faleiro|title=Laxmi Dhaul talks about her photographic travel guide 'The Sufi Saint of Ajmer'|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20010723-laxmi-dhaul-talks-about-her-photographic-travel-guide-the-sufi-saint-of-ajmer-773854-2001-07-23|access-date=2021-02-23|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

In the [[Muharram|Moharram]] month of Islamic calendar the ''Anderkotis'' do a ritual with their sharp swords known as "Haidos or Haydos ". After the Partition Anderkoti people who migrated to Pakistan started this tradition in the [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad's]], Khata Chowk area and still continued.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hyderabad: 10 Muharram to be observed amid strict security|url=https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/09/29/hyderabad-10-muharram-to-be-observed-amid-strict-security/|url-status=live}}</ref> It is mentioned as 'The Swords of play ' in Rajputana District Gazette.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rajputana (Agency ).|first=Rajputana (Agency|url=http://archive.org/details/rajputanadistri00agegoog|title=Rajputana District Gazetteers|date=1904|publisher=Scottish MissionIndustries Co., Ltd.|others=New York Public Library|language=English}}</ref> hundred men perform this and 100 Swords are given by Ajmer Administration.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Sword of Play : पाकिस्तान ने अपनाई अजमेर की यह परम्परा|url=https://www.patrika.com/ajmer-news/pakistan-adopted-this-tradition-of-ajmer-5068536/|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Patrika News|language=hindi}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Muslim communities in Asia]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]
[[Category:Ajmer district]]
[[Category:History of Ajmer]]
[[Category:Partition of India]]
[[Category:Dargahs in India]]
[[Category:Islamic festivals in India]]
[[Category:Islamic festivals in Asia]]
[[Category:Muslim Brotherhood]]
[[Category:Sufi saints]]
[[Category:British India]]
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