Muhammad Khwaja

Hazāra of Muḥammad Khwāja Muhammad Khwaja
Emir Muhammad Khwaja miniature
Ethnicity	Hazara
Location	Currently Afghanistan, previously Uzbekistan / Persia / Hindustan
Religion	Muslims

The Hazāra of Muḥammad Khwāja (Dari: هزاره محمد خواجه) is one of tribes of the ethnic Hazara inhabiting in Afghanistan.

Emir Muhammad khwaja belong to Barlas tribe. He is son of Emir Haji Saifuddin also spelled as Seifedin who was Vizier of Timur in the beginning and later became Governor of Qandahar province now in Afghanistan. His great-grandfather, Hajji Beg Barlas, was leader of Barlas tribe who overthrown Qara'unas Abdullah from power in southern Chagatai Khanate. Abdullah, who had recently taken power, was young and inexperienced, and his move to Samarkand threatened Hajji Beg, whose territories were centered in the nearby city of Kish.

Emir, Khan, Mirza, Baig, Shah, , and Sultan 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’s army. He is well known as Khwaja e Bozorg ‘the great khwaja’. His names appears in many historical script including Babur Nama.

Emir was a great writer and calligrapher. This talent has also been depicted by many of his descendants in different era such as Faiz Mohammad Katib Hazara who served as Afghan court chronicler and secretary to Emir Habib Ullah Khan from 1901 to 1919.