His father, Sheikh Umar, was believed to be a direct descendant in the seventeenth generation of the second godly Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab, therefore male members of this family also bore the famous title of Khoja (Khwaja).
More particularly, it included certain groups, predominantly from Gujarat and Kutch, who retained strong Indian ethnic roots and caste customs while sustaining their Muslim religious identity under continual threats of persecution.
Afaq Khoja | Khoja (Turkestan) | Khoja | Āfāq Khoja |
The contract was signed by Sir Josiah Child, who represented the East India Company; and Khoja Sarhad and Khoja Fanush, who represented the Christian Armenian community.
The last of the Khoja revolts was in 1857 under Wali Khan, a self-indulgent debaucherer, and the murderer of the famous German explorer, Adolf Schlagintweit.
According to the Tarikh-i Rashidi, Khudaidad had been an early supporter of Khizr Khoja and had hid him from Qamar-ud-din during the latter's purge of members of the house of Chagatai.
Sultan Muzaffar Shah II Ibni Almarhum Raja Mahmud of Siak (1636–1654) son of Raja Asif Ishak ibni al-Marhum Sultan Khoja Ahmad al-Marhum Kasab, of Siak, by his wife, Tun Dharmapala Johara Tun Kechil daughter of Tun Isap Misai bin Tun Mahmud, Bendahara Sri Raja Tua of Johor.