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Bhishti
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 A bhishti in India, 1870 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 529,000[citation needed] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 India •  Pakistan | |
| Languages | |
| Urdu • Hindi • Awadhi | |
| Religion | |
 Islam 100% | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bhahisti • Saifi |
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The Bhishti or Bhisti (Hindustani: भिश्ती, بهِشتی) are a Muslim tribe or biradari found in North India and Pakistan.
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.[1]
References
- People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII edited by A. Hasan & J. C. Das page 285
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bheesty". Encyclopædia Britannica. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 845>
- ↑ "Gunga Din". Poetry. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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