- KHOJAS
- a MUSLIM community which originated through the CONVERSION of HINDUS, which is now found along the West coast of India and in East Africa, their allegiance is to the AGA KHAN.
Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.
KHOJAS
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Khojas — Les communautés Khojas ou khodjas (ourdou: خوجہ) [kodʒa] sont des communautés Indo pakistanaises ou issues de ces communautés. Ce sont généralement des ismaéliens, parfois chiite duodécimaine ou même sunnit … Wikipédia en Français
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Pir Sadardin — or Pir Sadruddin was a fourteenth century spiritual leader and is regarded as the founder of Khoja Ismaili sect otherwise known as Satpanth. Born in Persia, Sadardin later travelled to the Indian sub continent before settling around the area of… … Wikipedia
Abakh Khoja — Abakh Khoja, Apak Khoja, or more properly [ Khwāja Āfāq , or Khoja Afaq, is a spelling preferred by modern schlars, e.g. Kim (2004) or Gladney (1999)] Āfāq Khwāja (? 1693/94) was a religious and political leader in Kashgaria (in modern day… … Wikipedia
khoja — /koh jeuh/, n. 1. a teacher in a Muslim school. 2. (cap.) a member of a subsect of the Muslims in India. [1615 25; < Pers khwaja] * * * ▪ Islam Persian Khvājeh, caste of Indian Muslims converted from Hinduism to Islām in the 14th century … Universalium
