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{{Short description|Muslim community in North India}}{{moresources|date=April 2019}}
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{{infobox ethnic group|
|group= Jogi Faqir
|population = 103,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joshuaproject.net/peoples.php |title=Joshua Project - Abaza Ethnic People in all Countries |access-date=2009-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309110117/http://www.joshuaproject.net/peoples.php |archive-date=2009-03-09 }}</ref>
|popplace = • {{flagcountry|India}} • {{flagcountry|Pakistan}} • {{flagcountry|Nepal}}
|langs = • [[Urdu language|Urdu]] • [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|rels= • [[File:Allah-green.svg|18px]] [[Islam]] 100% •
|related= • [[Faqir (caste)|Faqir]] • [[Jogi (castes)|Jogi]] • [[Qalandar (caste)|Qalandar]] • [[Sai (caste)|Sai]] • [[Shaikhs in South Asia|Shaikh]] •
}}

The '''[[Jogi (caste)|Jogi]] Faqir''' or '''[[yogi]] Faqir''' are a [[Muslim]] community, found in [[North India]]. They are also known as '''Madariya Faqir'''. The Jogi Faqir are Muslim and are one of the two sub-divisions of the [[Faqir (caste)|Faqir]] found in [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="A Hasan pages 647">People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Two edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 647 to 652</ref>

==History and origin==
The Jogi Faqir call themselves Madariya Faqir, as they trace their origin from the [[Sufi]] saint Jinda Jhullan Shah Madari. Their ancestor was Jay Pal, the guru of the [[Chauhan]] ruler of North India, Prithvi Raj, who became the disciple of the [[Sufi]], [[Moinuddin Chishti]], and was known as Abdullah Biyabani, after his conversion to [[Islam]]. The community have three sub-groups, Chaurash, Tappa and Athgara.<ref name="A Hasan pages 647"/>

==Present circumstances==
They are found in the districts of [[Kanpur Nagar district|Kanpur]], [[Fatehpur district|Fatehpur]], [[Unnao district|Unnao]], [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]], [[Allahabad district|Allahabad]], [[Mirzapur district|Mirzapur]], [[Varanasi district|Varanasi]], [[Barabanki district|Barabanki]], [[Basti district|Basti]], [[Sant Kabir Nagar district|Sant Kabir Nagar]] and the city of [[Lukhnow]]. They were traditionally involved with begging and providing specialized religious services. Like other [[Muslim]] communities in [[North India]], they are undergoing social change, and become more orthodox. They have always been [[Sunni]], and many are now employed as village [[imam]]s.<ref>People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Two edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 642 to 646</ref>

==Jogi of Sindh==
[[Jogi (caste)|Jogi]] are also present in districts and places such as [[Khairpur District]], [[Tharparkar]], [[Larkana]], [[Shikarpur District]], [[Sukkur]], and [[Naushahro Feroze District]] of [[Sindh]] province in Pakistan.
The Jogi of Sindh are scattered in various parts of Sindh. One of the Rajpar tribe's subcaste is Jogi who are inhabitant in [[Thari Mirwah]] Khairpur. These Jogi are landlord, businessmen and other professions.

Jogi of Sindh are further divided into three types:
* Jogi - Hindus
* Jogi - Muslim
* Jogi - Rajpar

=== Jogi Rajpar ===
The [[Rajper|Rajpar]] are offspring of the [[Samma tribe]] and one of the sub-castes in the Rajpar is Jogi inhabited in [[Thari Mirwah]] of [[Khairpur]] erstwhile [[Khairpur (princely_state)|princely state of Khairpur]], which is nowadays district of Sindh province of [[Pakistan]]. These Jogi (probably these Jogi have inherited the name Jogi due to their forefather named Jogi, in such cases it happens that some people or a community is known followed by their elder or a great grandfather name) are not involved in any practice of snake charming, begging or any type of Yoga; but these are landlords, educated who are doing various occupations such as teaching, labor, journalism, business etc.

==See also==
* [[Jogi (caste)]]
* [[Qalandar (clan)]]

==References==
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[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Indian castes]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]
[[Category:Muslim communities of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Thari Mirwah]]

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Ajay Kumar at 14:48, 23 July 2023