Where does the monkeys paw come from and who put a spell on it?

The monkey's paw came from India. A fakir cast a spell upon it.

“I’d like to go to India myself,” said the old man, just to look around a bit, you know.”

“It had a spell put on it by an old fakir,” said the Sergeant-Major, “a very holy man. He wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives, and that those who tried to change it would be sorry. He put a spell on it so that three different men could each have three wishes from it.”