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Encyclopedia > Khwaja

Khawaja or Khwaja (Arabic: خواجہ ) is a Muslim title used in Middle East and South Asia. It is also used as family name in South Asia. The Arabic language (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: ), or simply Arabic (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian: مسلمان) is an adherent of Islam. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... South Asia or Southern Asia is a southern geopolitical region of the Asian continent comprising territories on and in proximity to the Indian subcontinent & the Iranian Plateau. ... South Asia or Southern Asia is a southern geopolitical region of the Asian continent comprising territories on and in proximity to the Indian subcontinent & the Iranian Plateau. ...


It is also a title used by Persian land owners living in the Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Punjab states of India. Khoja is a clan name of Jats in India. The Persians are an Iranian people who speak the Persian language and share a common culture and history. ... Gujarat (Gujarati: , Hindi: ,, IPA ; also spelled Gujrat and sometimes Gujarath. ... Rajasthan (Hindi: राजस्थान) is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. ... Maharashtra (Devanagari: महाराष्ट्र, literally: Great Nation)( ) is Indias third largest state in terms of area and second largest in terms of population after Uttar Pradesh. ... Punjab (Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬ, Hindi: पंजाब) is a state in northwest India and forms a part of the larger Punjab region, which also includes the province of Punjab (Pakistan),the Indian states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and Delhi and the Union Territory of Chandigarh. ... Jats are now preeminently a farming community. ...


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In the Hindu cult, the Khwaja is worshipped with lights and by feeding Brahmans at a well, and alike in Hindu and Muslim practice, by setting afloat in a pond or river a little boat which bears a lighted lamp.
Iconographically Khwaja Khizr is represented as an aged man, having the aspect of a faqir, clothed entirely in green[1] and moving in the waters with a ‘fish’ as his vehicle.
In her anxiety to avoid such an impious alliance, the girl prayed to Khwaja Khizr for deliverance and as she and her father sought to escape in a boat, the saint diverted the course of the Indus towards Rohri bringing the harassed father and daughter to safety.
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