Khawaja (disambiguation)

Khawaja is an honorific title used across the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia, particularly towards Sufi teachers. It is also used by Kashmiri Muslims[1][2] and the Mizrahi Jews—particularly Persian Jews and Baghdadi Jews.[3]

Khawaja or Khwaja may also refer to:

Given name

• Khawaja Akmal, Pakistani television actor and comedian
• Khawaja Muhammad Asif (born 1949), Pakistani politician
• Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894–1964), Bengali politician
• Khawaja Pervez (1932–2011), Pakistani film composer, lyricist and film songwriter

Middle name

• Hina Khawaja Bayat, Pakistani actress

Surname

• Allah Dino Khawaja, a.k.a. A.D. Khawaja, Pakistani police officer
• Ataf Khawaja, Danish rap artist, of Pakistani origin
• Faizan Khawaja (born 1986), Pakistani American actor and producer
• Khalid Khawaja (1951–2010), Pakistani Air Force officer
• Momin Khawaja (born 1979), Canadian found guilty of involvement in a plot to plant fertilizer bombs in the United States
• Usman Khawaja (born 1986), Australian cricketer

Others

• Khawaja and Son, Pakistani TV comedy serial

1. Epilogue, Vol 4, Issue 5. Epilogue -Jammu Kashmir. pp. 23–. GGKEY:JAACF25BJCD.
2. Shyam Lal Pardesi (1989). Amudarya to Vitasta: A Bird's Eye-view of Relations Between Central-Asia and Kashmir. Sangarmaal Publications. p. 15. It is most pertinent to mention here that the word Khwaja is used as mark of respect before the name of a Kashmiri Muslim shopkeeper or wholesale dealer.
3. Husain, Ruquiya K. (2004). "KHWAJA ISRAEL SARHAD: ARMENIAN MERCHANT AND DIPLOMAT". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 65: 258–266. ISSN 2249-1937.