Khwāja (Malabar)
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khw-ja-malabar-187-5587563
title:
Khwāja (Malabar)
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Khoja alias Khoya or Koya is a Muslim community, predominantly found in the city of Calicut in southern India. Scholars like Kunjali speculate Omani origin to the community and assume that the name is a corruption of the title "Khawaja". Kwajas held administrative position called Shah bandhar -e- Khwaja in the Kingdom of Calicut (Zamorin) for 700 years. The Koyas are mostly concentrated in and around the Kuttichira region in Calicut. The Koya family was invited by Raja Keshavadas to Alleppey fro
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encyclopedia
description:
Social group in southern India
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khw%C4%81ja_(Malabar)
date created:
2009-10-25T03:21:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T09:40:43Z
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