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Khawaja or khwaja (Persian: خواجه) is an honorific title used across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia, particularly towards Sufi teachers. The word comes from the Iranian word khwāja (New Persian: خواجه khāje; Dari khājah; Tajik khoja) and translates as "master", "lord" . The spellings hodja or hoca (Turkish), খাজা (Khaaja) (Bengali), hodža (Bosnian), hoxha (Albanian), хоџа (Serbian), χότζας (chótzas) (Greek), hogea (Romanian), koja (Javanese)<ref>S. Robson and S. Wibisono, 2002, Javanese English dictionary ISBN 0-7946-0000-X, sv koja. The name is also used in Egypt and Sudan to indicate a person with a foreign nationality or foreign heritage.
People using the name
Male
In the historical order where possible:
- Hodja (Hoca, Hoja, Khodja) Nasreddin, a satirical figure, populist philosopher and wise man from Asian folk tales
- Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006–1088), Persian Sufi
- Khoja Akhmet Yassawi (1093–1166), Kazakh poet and Sufi
- Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201-1274)
- Hodja Sefer, captain, who was in charge of pro-Ottoman forces in Gujarat in the first half of the 15th century
- Khawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi (died 1600), Emperor Akbar's minister and superintendent of construction
- Khwaja Mir Dard (1721–1785), Indian poet
- Khwaja Alimullah (died 1854), Nawab of Dhaka
- Idrees Khawaja Pakistani Economist
- Khawaja Haris Pakistani Lawyer
- Khawaja Muhammad Sharif former Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court in Punjab, Pakistan.
- Asim Khwaja Sumitomo-FASID Professor of International Finance and Development
- Michal Miloslav Hodža (1811–1870), Slovak national revivalist
- Khwaja Abdul Ghani (1813–1896), the first Nawab of Dhaka to be recognised by the British Raj
- Khwaja Ghulam Farid (1845–1901), South Asian Sufi poet
- İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, (1875–1926), Turkish Islamic scholar
- Milan Hodža (1878–1944), Slovak politician
- Abdul Majeed Khwaja (1885–1962), barrister; co-founder of Jamia Millia Islamia University following its relocation to New Delhi
- Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894–1964), Pakistan’s second Governor General, later Prime Minister
- Enver Hoxha, Albanian Head of State
- Fadil Hoxha, Yugoslav politician
- Fedor Hodža (1912–1968), Slovak politician
- Khawaja Khurshid Anwar (1912–1984) Indo-Pakistani filmmaker, writer, director and music composer
- Jamal Khwaja (born 1926), Indian philosopher
- Khawaja Muhammad Sharif (born 1948), Pakistani judge
- Khawaja Muhammad Asif (born 1949), Pakistani politician
- Jawwad S. Khawaja (born 1950), Pakistani judge
- Adnan Hoca, or Adnan Oktar (born 1956), also known as Harun Yahya, author and Islamic creationist
- Khawaja Muhammad Safdar, Pakistani politician
- Khawaja Muhammad Islam, Pakistani politician
- Zafar Iqbal Khawaja, Pakistani businessman
- Khwaja Abdul Hamied, scientist who founded Cipla
- Khwaja Mubarak Shah, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference leader and Member of The Indian Parliament
- Khalid Khawaja (1951–2010) Pakistani Air Force's intelligence officer
- Jawwad S. Khawaja,Justice of supreme court of Pakistan
- Abdulhadi Alkhawaja (born 1962), founder and former president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights.
- Khawaja Saad Rafique (born 1962), Pakistani politician
- Momin Khawaja (born 1979), Canadian software engineer, found guilty under the Canadian Anti-Terrorism Act for conspiring with British Islamists plotting a bomb attack
- Usman Khawaja (born 1986), Pakistani-Australian cricketer
- Khawaja Adil Maqbool (born 1988), Pakistani squash player
- Albin Hodža (born 1988), French footballer
- Ataf Khawaja, Pakistani-Danish rapper
- Fikret Hodžić, Bosnian bodybuilder
- Tarik Hodžić, Bosnian footballer
- Allah Dino Khawaja, Incumbent IGP of Sindh Police, in Sindh, Pakistan
Female
- Zainab Alkhawaja (born c. 1983), Bahraini human rights activist
- Maryam Alkhawaja (born 1987), Bahraini human rights defender
- Anila Khawaja Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) International Media Coordinator][https://tribune.com.pk/story/1728423/1-chief-harem-not-deterred-demoralised-rehams-claims/
See also
- Khwajagan, a chain of Central Asian Naqshbandi Sufi Masters from the 10th to the 16th century
- Khoja (Turkestan), a title of the descendants of the Central Asian Naqshbandi Sufi teacher, Ahmad Kasani
- Hoca, Turkish spelling of Khawaja
- Hoxha, Albanian surname
- Hodžić, Bosniak surname
- Notification of the Government of Pakistan,Establishment Division.
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