Bhishti

The Bhishti or Bhisti are a Muslim tribe or biradari found in North India and Pakistan.

Bhishti
A bhishti in India, 1870
Regions with significant populations
India • Pakistan
Languages
UrduHindiAwadhi
Religion
Islam
Bhesties, an 1838 illustration showing Bhishtis
A Bhishti in 1880

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

  1. "Gunga Din". Poetry. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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