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	The '''Bhishti''' ([[Hindustani language\|Hindustani]]: भिश्ती, بهِشتی) are a [[Muslim]] tribe or {{transl\|hi\|biradari}} found in [[North India]] and [[Pakistan]].		The '''Bhishti''' or '''Bhisti''' ([[Hindustani language\|Hindustani]]: भिश्ती, بهِشتی) are a [[Muslim]] tribe or {{transl\|hi\|biradari}} found in [[North India]] and [[Pakistan]].
	==~~History and origin~~==
	~~They are classified as ''Ajlaf'~~' ~~in the~~ [[~~Caste system among South Asian Muslims\|South Asian Muslim caste system~~]].<ref>{{Cite ~~book~~\|~~last~~=~~Vempeny\|first=Sebastian~~\|title=~~Minorities in Contemporary India~~\|~~publisher~~=~~Kanishka Publishers~~\|~~year=2003~~\|~~pages~~=~~117~~}}</ref>
			The Bhisthi belong to the Abbasi or Sheikh Abbasi and the Saqqa, the former being an Arab tribe (Banu Abbas).

			==Depiction in the arts==
			The title character of [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s [[Gunga Din]], an intrepid water-carrier for a British Army regiment in India, is a Bhishti.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46783/gunga-din \|title=Gunga Din \|website=[[Poetry (magazine)\|Poetry]] \|access-date=October 14, 2021 }}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
	~~{{reflist}}~~		* People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII edited by A. Hasan & J. C. Das page 285
			* Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bheesty". ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition\|Encyclopædia Britannica]]''. '''3''' (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 845>

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			<ref> People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII edited by A. Hasan & J. C. Das page 285 </ref>
			<ref>Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bheesty" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 845></ref>

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{{infobox ethnic group
| group = Bhishti
| image = File:A water carrier or “bhisti” in India,.jpg
| caption = A bhishti in India, 1870
| population = 529,000{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}
| popplace = {{flagcountry|India}} • {{flagcountry|Pakistan}}
| langs = [[Urdu language|Urdu]] • [[Hindi language|Hindi]] • [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]]
| rels = [[File:Allah-green.svg|18px]] [[Islam]] 100%
| related = Bhahisti • [[Saifi]]
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
}}
[[File:Bhesties-John Luard-1838.jpg|220px|thumb|''Bhesties'', an 1838 illustration showing Bhishtis]]
[[File:Bhishti (water carrier) in 1880.jpg|thumb|A Bhishti in 1880]]
The '''Bhishti''' ([[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]: भिश्ती, بهِشتی) are a [[Muslim]] tribe or {{transl|hi|biradari}} found in [[North India]] and [[Pakistan]].
==History and origin==
They are classified as ''Ajlaf'' in the [[Caste system among South Asian Muslims|South Asian Muslim caste system]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Vempeny|first=Sebastian|title=Minorities in Contemporary India|publisher=Kanishka Publishers|year=2003|pages=117}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]
[[Category:Shaikh clans]]
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[[Category:Muslim communities of Gujarat]]
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