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{{TOC left}}[[File:Looting of Deg, Darghah Khawaja Saheb Ajmer. Date-29th October 1977.jpg|thumb|Looting of Deg]]
The '''Anderkoti, Koti''' or '''Kotiyan''' ([[Urdu]]; اندر کوٹی) are a [[Muslims|Muslim]] community found in [[Ajmer]] in [[India]], and in [[Pakistan]].<ref name=":0" />

== History and Origin ==
The original town of Ajmer was built inside the valley, through which the road leads to [[Taragarh Fort, Ajmer|Taragarh]], and this place known as Anderkot, is still residence of Muslim Families, [[Sheikh|Sheikhs]], [[Pathans in India|Pathans]], and Sayeds. 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>

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|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><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-21|title=Tradition Of Looting Deg Is Quite Interesting - लूटने का मंजर आया पसंद तो बना दिया इसे परम्परा, यहां खौलती देग में कूदते हैं अकीदतमंद {{!}} Patrika News|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121182514/https://www.patrika.com/jaipur-news/tradition-of-looting-deg-is-quite-interesting-415/?slide=8|access-date=2021-11-24|website=web.archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-17|title=CAULDRON, a photo from Rajasthan, West {{!}} TrekEarth|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117072212/https://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/India/West/Rajasthan/Ajmer/photo334651.htm|access-date=2021-11-24|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> however now this practice has been discontinued.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Faleiro|first=Sonia|date=July 23, 2001|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|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121182007/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiatoday.in%2Fmagazine%2Fsociety-the-arts%2Fstory%2F20010723-laxmi-dhaul-talks-about-her-photographic-travel-guide-the-sufi-saint-of-ajmer-773854-2001-07-23|archive-date=2021-11-21|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]], [[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 ==
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== External Links ==

# [https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/09/29/hyderabad-10-muharram-to-be-observed-amid-strict-security/ Haidos in Pakistan]
# [https://epaper.bhaskar.com/jaipur/jaipur-zila/87/20082021/0/1/ Dainik Bhaskar]
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