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{{infobox ethnic group<br />
| group = Bhishti<br />
| image = File:A water carrier or “bhisti” in India,.jpg<br />
| caption = A bhishti in India, 1870<br />
| population = 529,000{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}<br />
| popplace = {{flagcountry|India}} • {{flagcountry|Pakistan}}<br />
| langs = [[Urdu language|Urdu]] • [[Hindi language|Hindi]] • [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]]<br />
| rels = [[File:Allah-green.svg|18px]] [[Islam]] 100%<br />
| related = Bhahisti • [[Saifi]]<br />
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[[File:Bhesties-John Luard-1838.jpg|220px|thumb|''Bhesties'', an 1838 illustration showing Bhishtis]]<br />
[[File:Bhishti (water carrier) in 1880.jpg|thumb|A Bhishti in 1880]]<br />
The '''Bhishti''' or '''Bhisti''' ([[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]: भिश्ती, بهِشتی) are a [[Muslim]] tribe or {{transl|hi|biradari}} found in [[North India]] and [[Pakistan]].<br />
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The Bhisthi belong to the Abbasi or Sheikh Abbasi and the Saqqa, the former being an Arab tribe (Banu Abbas).<br />
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==Depiction in the arts==<br />
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><br />
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==References==<br />
* People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII edited by A. Hasan & J. C. Das page 285<br />
* Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bheesty". ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|Encyclopædia Britannica]]''. '''3''' (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p.&nbsp;845><br />
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<ref> People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII edited by A. Hasan & J. C. Das page 285 </ref><br />
<ref>Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bheesty" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 845></ref></div>Ajay Kumar