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{{For|the similarly named community of [[Tamil Nadu]]|Arunthathiyar}} |
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|image = Madari with Damaru.jpg |
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|popplace = • India • Pakistan |
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|langs = • [[Urdu language|Urdu]] • [[Hindi language|Hindi]] |
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|related= • [[Faqir (caste)|Faqir]] • [[Jogi Faqir]] |
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== Origin == |
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The Madari are followers of a celebrated [[Sufi]] saint Zinda Shah of Makanpur in [[Awadh]]. His real name was Bazi ul din Shah and was born in [[Aleppo]] in Syria. The saint is said to still alive, hence his nickname of ''Zinda Shah'' or the living king. According to their traditions, Zinda Shah left Syria some thousand years ago, and settled in the village of Makanpur, after expelling a demon. The Madari were originally an order of faqirs, and were considered ''beshara'', or those who did not follow the [[shariah]] law. Over time the followers of the [[pir]] have evolved into a distinct community. The community is found mainly in the states of [[Haryana]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Many people moved to Pakistan at the time of [[partition of India]].<ref name="autogenerated335"/> |
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However, other sources including the sajjad-nasheen, physical and spiritual descendants of Zinda Shah, claim that Zinda Shah of Makanpur was a Syed, descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Imtiaz Ahmed mentions reasons in his book Lived Islam in South Asia: adaptation, accommodation, and conflict the reason why some orientalists have claimed Zinda Shah to be a Jewish convert and why his Sufi Order has been considered non-Islamic by the orientalists.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Imtiaz Ahmad (Prof. of sociology.)|author2=Helmut Reifeld|title=Lived Islam in South Asia: adaptation, accommodation, and conflict|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=oPLZ8lzi39QC&pg=PA268|accessdate=23 November 2011|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=978-81-87358-15-2|pages=268–}}</ref> |
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The Zinda Shah sajjad-nasheen have Badiuddin Zinda Shah Madar's family tree shows his lineage from Muhammad.<ref>[http://www.zindashahmadar.org/family_tree.html The Family Tree (Shijrah)]. zindashahmadar.org</ref> |
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== Present circumstances == |
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The Madari community has four sub-divisions, the Sayyid, Shaikh, Mughal and Pathan, each of which is said to represent all the communities the Madari are said to have belonged to before joining the order. They are strictly endogamous, and marry close kin. .<ref name="autogenerated335"/> |
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They are a landless community, leading a nomadic lifestyle. There camps are found at the edges of many and villages in North India. The community is often associated with the use of monkeys as entertainment, and come for criticism from animal rights activities. Another important occupation is that of snake charming, but with a subsidiary occupation of treating victims of snake bites. <ref>Madari in The last wanderers : nomads and gypsies of IndiaThe last wanderers : nomads and gypsies of India Tejinder Singh Randhawa page 166 ISBN 0-944142-35-4</ref> |
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The Madari of Uttar Pradesh are involved in showing monkey and bear dancing. They are found mainly in western Uttar Pradesh, although the village of Makanpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh remains the spiritual centre of the community. The community are one of the most marginalized Muslim community in Uttar Pradesh and face much social stigma from other [[Indian Muslim]] communities.<ref>People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Two edited by A Hasan & J C Das pp. 912–918 Manohar Publications</ref> |
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== References == |
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[[Category:Muslim communities of India]] |
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[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]] |
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Latest revision as of 11:31, 17 February 2024
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The Madari are a Muslim community found in a North India. They are a community of Muslim Faqirs.[citation needed]
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