The Hazāra of Muḥammad Khwāja ( fa, هزارهٔ محمد خواجه) is one of the major

tribes The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...

of the ethnic Hazara inhabiting

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is borde ...

. Emir Muhammad Khwaja belonged to the

Barlas The Barlas ( mn, Barulās, script=Latn;Grupper, S. M. ‘A Barulas Family Narrative in the Yuan Shih: Some Neglected Prosopographical and Institutional Sources on Timurid Origins.’ Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi 8 (1992–94): 11–97 Chagatay/ ...

tribe. He was the son of Emir Haji SaifuddinPage 478, Book III, The History of Timur-Bec, by Sharaf al-din Ali Yazdi who was

vizier A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called '' katib'' (secretary), who was ...

Timur Timur ; chg, ''Aqsaq Temür'', 'Timur the Lame') or as ''Sahib-i-Qiran'' ( 'Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction'), his epithet. ( chg, ''Temür'', 'Iron'; 9 April 133617–19 February 1405), later Timūr Gurkānī ( chg, ''Temür Kü ...

in the beginning and later became governor of

Qandahar Kandahar (; Kandahār, , Qandahār) is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118. It is the ca ...

province now in Afghanistan. His great-grandfather,

Hajji Beg Barlas Hajji Beg Barlas, Hajji Beg or, Hajji Barlas (Persian: حاجی بیگ بارلاس, b. Early 14th Centuryd. 1361) was a leader of the Barlas tribe. he was the immediate predecessor in this role to his nephew Timur, who later founded the Timurid E ...

, was leader of the Barlas tribe, who overthrew Qara'unas Abdullah from power in southern

Chagatai Khanate The Chagatai Khanate, or Chagatai Ulus ( xng, , translit=Čaɣatay-yin Ulus; mn, Цагаадайн улс, translit=Tsagaadain Uls; chg, , translit=Čağatāy Ulusi; fa, , translit=Xânât-e Joghatây) was a Mongol and later Turkicized kh ...

. Abdullah, who had recently taken power, was young and inexperienced, and his move to

Samarkand fa, سمرقند , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from the top:Registan square, Shah-i-Zinda necropolis, Bibi-Khanym Mosque, view inside Shah-i-Zinda, ...

threatened Hajji Beg Barlas, whose territories were centered in the nearby city of Kesh.

Emir Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cer ...

Khan Khan may refer to: *Khan (inn), from Persian, a caravanserai or resting-place for a travelling caravan *Khan (surname), including a list of people with the name *Khan (title), a royal title for a ruler in Mongol and Turkic languages and used by ...

, Mirza, Beig,

Shah Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of ...

, Ghazi, and

Sultan Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it c ...

are titles to his tribes and descendants to date. But Emir and Mirza are titles specific to his family. Emir Muhammad Khwaja was the commander in chief of

Babur Babur ( fa, , lit= tiger, translit= Bābur; ; 14 February 148326 December 1530), born Mīrzā Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad, was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through hi ...

’s army. He is well known as Khwaja e Bozorg ‘the great khwaja’. His names appears in many historical script including

Babur Nama The ''Bāburnāma'' ( chg, ; literally: ''"History of Babur"'' or ''"Letters of Babur"''; alternatively known as ''Tuzk-e Babri'') is the memoirs of Ẓahīr-ud-Dīn Muhammad Bābur (1483–1530), founder of the Mughal Empire and a great-great ...

. Emir was a great writer and calligrapher. This talent has also been depicted by many of his descendants in different eras such as Faiz Muhammad Kateb who served as

Afghan Afghan may refer to: *Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia *Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity **Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pash ...

court chronicler and secretary to

Habibullah Khan Habibullah Khan (Pashto/ Dari: ; 3 June 1872 – 20 February 1919) was the Emir of Afghanistan from 1901 until his death in 1919. He was the eldest son of the Emir Abdur Rahman Khan, whom he succeeded by right of primogeniture in October 190 ...

from 1901 to 1919.Kitab-e Tadakkor-e Enqilab, Translation: Shkirando as "Kniga Upominanii o Myatezhe" Moscow, 1988. p. 20 Emir Muhammad Khwaja served as chief of army of

during his struggle to capture

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

in each battle, including the last one in

Panipat Panipat () is a historic city in Haryana, India. It is 95 km north of Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on NH-1. The three major battles fought in 1526, 1556 and 1761 took place near the city. The city is famous in India as the ...

. Emir preferred the continental weather in central Asia and could never adjust to the hot weather of Delhi. It has been recorded that Emir lived in Sharan district of

Paktia Paktia ( Pashto/ Dari: – ''Paktyā'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the east of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktia Province is divided into 15 districts and has a population of roughl ...

province and many of his descendants scattered from there to other parts of Afghanistan. Emir Muhammad Khwaja was buried in Sharan district of Paktia province in Afghanistan. Emir Muhammad Khwaja had three sons: Emir Wali, Emir Babuk, and Emir Bahlool.

List of Notable Hazara of Muhammad Khwaja

* Faiz Muhammad Kateb * Sardar Muhammad Azim Khan * Noor Muhammad Khan Hazara * Abdul Wahid Sarabi *

Habiba Sarabi Habiba (Arabic: حَبِيْبَه, ''ḥabībah''), alternatively Habibah and Habeeba , is a female given name of Arabic origin meaning ''beloved'', ''sweetheart'', or ''lover'', stemming from the male name Habib. Habiba or Habibah may refer t ...

Ramazan Bashardost Ramazan Bashardost ( fa, رمضان بشردوست; born 1961) was former planning minister in Afghanistan and a current member of the National Assembly of Afghanistan. He was an independent candidate in the 2009 Afghan presidential election. E ...

Aziz Royesh Azizullah Royesh (known as Aziz Royesh, fa, عزیز رویش) is a Hazara, social activist, teacher and writer from Afghanistan. Biography Aziz Royesh was born in 1969 in Fazel Baig, Kabul, Afghanistan. After leaving school at age 10, he ...

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List of Notable Hazara of Muhammad Khwaja

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