Khwajgan,() also known as Khwaja Khel,(خواجه خېل) is a clan or family of Baloch Baloch settled in different parts of

Swat valley Swat District (, ps, سوات ولسوالۍ, ) is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. With a population of 2,309,570 per the 2017 national census, Swat is the 15th-largest district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa pro ...

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, i.e. in Bara Bandai,

Mingora Mingora ( ps, مینګورہ, ur, ) is a city in the Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Located on the Swat River, it is the 3rd largest city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the 26th largest in Pakistan. Mingora is the largest city and t ...

Barikot Barikot ( ur, بریکوٹ‎) (Pashto: بریکوټ) is a town located in the middle course of the Swat River in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is located about away from Mingora and the Butkara Stupa. It is the entrance town to the central ...

Charbagh ''Charbagh'' or ''Chahar Bagh'' ( ''chahār bāgh'', ''chārbāgh'', ''chār bāgh'', meaning "four gardens") is a Persian and Indo-Persian quadrilateral garden layout based on the four gardens of Paradise mentioned in the Quran. The quad ...

and Dakorak. Khwajgan is the title for "the Masters" or "learned people". Khwajgan, as the plural for "Khwāja", is often used to refer to a network of Sufis in Central Asia from the 10th to the 16th century. In Firdowsi's Shahnama the word is used many times for some rulers and heroes of ancient Iran as well. Khwajgan or Khwaja Khel of Swat valley are those who follow

Pashtunwali Pashtunwali or Pakhtunwali ( ps, پښتونولي) is the traditional lifestyle and is best described as a code of honor of the Pashtun people, by which they live. Scholars widely have interpreted it as being "the way of the Afghans" or "the code ...

, a non-written

ethical code Ethical codes are adopted by organizations to assist members in understanding the difference between right and wrong and in applying that understanding to their decisions. An ethical code generally implies documents at three levels: codes of b ...

Settlements

Map of Swat including Kwaja Khel settlement

In 16th century after the migration from

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and the conquest of Swat by Baloch's In 18th Khwajgan were settled in a village of

Kabal Tehsil Kabal ( Urdu and ps, ) is a town in Swat District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan located from Mingora city. The old name of kabal was ''Chendakhwara''. It is the tenth largest city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 82nd largest in Pakista ...

named Tall Dardiyal Mastung Kalat Quetta all over balochistan and took the profession of business in their hands. With the passage of time Khawajakhail were relocated to Pir kaley Matta in relocation system of Swat State. After some years they were again relocated to Bara Bandai Dakorak, Charbagh with the same system and land were allotted to the family in the village they settled. Shajra-e-Nasab Khwajgan (Khwaja Khel)

Recent settlement

The first known people of the Khwajgan family at

Swat In the United States, a SWAT team (special weapons and tactics, originally special weapons assault team) is a police tactical unit that uses specialized or military equipment and tactics. Although they were first created in the 1960s to ...

were Fazal Ahmad Shah and Habib Shah. Fazal Ahmad Shah had three sons Sayyaden Shah, Nawab Shah and Muhammad Shah which is now descended to almost eight generations. In the 20th century, after the urbanization of The Khan of Kalat state wazir Khawajakhails due to their business needs Khwajgan were settled in different towns and cities of Swat. Mostly in Bara Bandai,

Sangota Sangota is a village in Swat District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. It is located at 34°47'0N 72°25'0E with an altitude of 1120 metres (3677 feet). Catholic Public High School Catholic Public High School, commonly known as Sangota Public School, is ...

and

Bibliography

* ''Masters Of Wisdom: An Esoteric History of the Spiritual Unfolding of Life on This Planet'' by J.G. Bennett, * ''Masters Of Wisdom of Central Asia'' by Hasan Shusud, * '' The Teachers of Gurdjieff'' by

Rafael Lefort ''The Teachers of Gurdjieff'' is a book by Rafael Lefort that describes a journey to the Middle East and central Asia in search of the sources of G. I. Gurdjieff's teaching, and culminates in the author's own spiritual awakening, by meeting and " ...

, * ''The Naqshbandi Sufi Way, History and Guidebook of the Saints of the Golden Chain'' by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, Kazi Publications, USA (1995),

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External links

Online Copy of a short version of Shushud's ''Masters of Wisdom'', translated by J. G. Bennett and published in ''Systematics''

Yusufzai Pashtun tribes

Settlements

Recent settlement

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