Khawaja

Khawaja or Khwaja (Arabic: خواجة khawājah, Persian: خواجه pronounced khâje) is a title used in Middle East and South Asia. It is also used as family name in South Asia.

Those who have had the surname within their family for generations are mostly of a higher class Kashmiri descent. This surname has served within the most popular and powerful political activities in South Asia.

Khwaja, a title especially affected by Kashmiris.It is the same word, as Khoja, but is not used as the as the name of any caste or otherwise than as a title

The Origin

I would like to bring to the attention of you that are trying to imitate that you belong to the Khawaja Nobility, they are the white nobility from Babylon and are Descendants of Abraham (biblical prophet), it is important that this nonsense is not depicted in the information that is provided. Currently there is a lot of inaccurate information, because I belong to the Khawaja Nobility.

It is important that people that have recently begun to use the title, due to their success should understand that, you must be born in the blue bloodline of Khawaja; you just cannot use the title. The title was given by the Persian emperor (meaning Lords of Persia or Persian Lord) to the family of paternal side of the Prophet Mohammed (BPUH) who could trace their linage back to Prophet Abraham . Khawaja were Semites (Hebrews) , before Islam and were many of Quresh. The Persian wanted the same prestige as Rome. So the Family of the Prophet Mohammed, became known as Khawaja (Persian Lord or Lord of Persia).

They were involved in all important function of Persia from religion to military. In the religion context they were Masters and in military context they were field Marshalls. It is very important understand that Khawaja had spread Islam through the world and fought many battles, but largely they spread Islam through peace.

Khawaja are not Kashmiri's, but originally from Arabia/Babylon. A revert to Islam cannot become a Khawaja, because Khawaja are the descendants of the holy bloodline/white nobility of the Prophet Mohammed (BPUH).

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Marriage customs

Khawajas (Kashmiris) usually marry within their own social affiliation (Class), and depending on circumstances a group (Class) may be as small as few hundred families and as large as few thousand families. For example, The Bhat class define their clan system to be an entire group having very few sub-groups, whereas Khawajas are branched into a few dozen sub-groups. For the Bhat clan (a Kashmiri clan) a group, by and large, usually shares an ancestral village in Kashmir as a reference point. Marriage between close relatives especially first cousins is discouraged but such a reunion is possible in cases where a group is too small. Marriage outside the social group (e.g. marrying outside such as Punjabi families) is now quite common and accepted by most Khawaja families, although some community elders may still discourage it.

[1] Tribes and Castes of Kashmir By Muhammad Din Folk

People using the name Khawaja

Significant figures with the name or using the title Khawaja:

• Nawab Bahadur Sir Khwaja Abdul Ghani Mian KCSI (1813–1896) was the first Nawab of Dhaka recognized by the British Raj.

He introduced the panchayat system, gaslights, water works, newspaper, and the zoological garden to Dhaka. He established Ahsan Manzil, the residence and seat of power for Dhaka Nawab Family, Victoria Park, the gardens at Dilkhusha and Shahbag, where he initiated many annual events like Boli Khela and agricultural and industrial fair to celebrate the Christian New Year. He was also responsible for the Buckland Bund and the first female ward in the first hospital in Dhaka, and was a founding commissioner of Dhaka Municipalty.

• Khawaja Muhammad Asif (born August 9, 1949 in Sialkot) is the current Pakistani Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, with additional portfolio of Sports Ministry in the PM Yousaf Raza Gillani cabinet. He is politically affiliated the center-right party PML-N. He is renowned for his oratory skills and denunciation of military intervention in the political domain.

• Pakistan’s second Governor General was Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin. Sir Khawaja resigned as Governor General to become the second Prime Minister of Pakistan, after Liaquat Ali Khan being assassinated .

• Khwaja Alimullah was the first Nawab of Dhaka. He was the founder of the Dhaka Nawab Family.

• Khawaja Moinuddin Chishty, also known as Khwaja Gharib Nawaz was a Sunni Muslim and is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of South Asia. He was born in 536 A.H./1141 CE, in Sajistan, a famous city in Khorasan province (other accounts say Isfahan) in Persia. He is also known as "Sultan-e-Hind." Descendants of Sufi saints also use this as a prenomial, although some now use it as a surname.

• Khawaja Saad Rafique was born on November 4, 1962 at Lahore. He has been elected as MNA for his first term. He is politically affiliated with PML(N) and holds the office of General Secretary of the party for the Punjab province. He is the Current Federal Minister for Pakistan.

• Momin Khawaja (born April 14, 1979, Ottawa) a software engineer; while working under contract to the Foreign Affairs department in 2004 became the first person charged and found guilty under the Canadian Anti-Terrorism Act following the proof that he communicated with British Islamists plotting a bomb attack.[1]

People with the name Khawaja

• Khawaja Bilal Sohaib, Business Analyst, Pakistan Petroleum Limited.

• 21st century khawaja family; Anis Khawaja, nasim Khawaja, sajjad khawaja,zahra Khawaja, imran khawaja,mariam Khawaja, adnan khawaja,zaira Khawaja, saher khawaja, ali khawaja, turaab Khawaja, zuha Khawaja, najah Khawaja, izzah Khawaja

See also

• • Kashmiri Shaikh
  • Khoja
  • In South Asia:
  • Moinuddin Chishti
  • Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
  • Dhaka Nawab Family
  • In Central Asia:
  • Khoja (Turkestan)
  • Abdullah Khawaja