Khwaja

Khawaja or khwaja 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 khāje ) and translates as "master", "lord". The spellings hodja or hoca (Turkish), hodža (Bosnian), hoxha (Albanian), hodža (Serbian), hotzakis (Greek), hogea (Romanian), koja (Javanese) and al-khawaja are also used. The name is also used in Egypt to indicate a person with a foreign nationality or foreign heritage.

In the historical order where possible:

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