Khwaja , a direct descendant of the Prophet Mohamad (pbuh). Guys from Knataka would know of a bus service KGN, thats Khwaja Gharib un Nawaz :)
On 1/14/08, Divyatha B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Khwaja Moinuddeen Chisti was a very pious man born in the then Eastern > Persia and who also came to India to spread the word of God as ordained by > the Almighty himself. There is a bit about Khwaja on this blog > http://prithvirajchauhan-aishwarya.blogspot.com/ > > This blog is a very well researched piece by my sister about the great > Prithviraj Chauhan of Ajmer. But there is also a section about the Khwaja. > > Feel free to post any messages or feedback. > > Thanks! > > Divya > > Note: forwarded message attached. > > ------------------------------ > Sent from > Yahoo!<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mailuk/taglines/isp/control/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51949/*http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail/winter07.html>- > a smarter inbox. > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "K. M. Ameer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:59:58 -0000 > Subject: [arr] Re: Can anyone fill me in on the significance of Khwaja? > > Khwaja (RA) is the direct decendent of Prophet Mohamed (SAW)in Islam. > He came from Iran and worked among poor people irrespective of thier > religion and preached love,harmony and peace. So he is called GHARIB > NAWAZ, [helper of the poor]. He advocated sufism, > [Sufism:http://khwajagharibnawaz.com/sufism.htm ] His shrine is in > Ajmer, where a bomb was placed recently killing the gatherings there. I > remember reading about this shrine and the word "Gharib Nawaz", in > Delhi Rao's IAS main exam notes several years ago. Some one from > Rajastan can give us more information. > > Thanks > > K. M. Ameer > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Chord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ARR mentioned that he wrote this song for himself before JA and the > has > > always wanted to write a song celebrating Khwaja. If I knew more > about > > this specific spiritual significance to Rahman, I think I would enjoy > > the song more. Thanks. > > > > >
