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|group= Khokhar Khanzada<br />
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|langs = • [[Urdu language|Urdu]] • [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br />
|rels= • [[File:Allah-green.svg|18px]] [[Islam]] 100% •<br />
|related= • [[Khokhar]] • [[Khanzada (Awadh)|Khanzada]] .<br />
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The '''Khokhar Khanzada''' are <br />
muslim community found mainly in the [[Nagaur District]] of [[Rajasthan]] and [[Fatehpur district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in [[India]]. They have no connection with the [[Ranghar]] [[Khokhar]] of [[Moradabad district]] in western [[Uttar Pradesh]], another community of [[Muslim]] [[Khokhar]]s settled in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The [[Khokhar]] are a well known tribe, found mainly in the [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]] region of [[Pakistan]] and [[India]]. The Khokhar Khanzada are a sub-community within the larger [[Khanzada (Awadh)|Khanzada]] community of eastern [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>Fatehpur District : A Gazetteer Volume XX, District Gazetteers of the United Provinces edited by H Neville</ref><br />
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==Origin==<br />
The Khokhar claim descent from Malik Babur.He was sent to [[Fatehpur district|Fatehpur]] by the [[Khalji dynasty|Khalji]] authorities in [[Delhi]] to suppress the [[Bhar]]s, a tribe that controlled most of eastern [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The [[Malik]] successfully defeated the [[Bhar]]s, and the grateful [[Alauddin Khalji]], the [[Delhi Sultanate|Sultan of Delhi]] granted several villages as a [[jagir]] (estate) in [[Fatehpur district]], the main one being [[Kot, Fatehpur|Kot, shivpuri, manmai]]. In addition to the settlement at [[Kot, Fatehpur|Kot]], they are also found in the villages of Arhaiya, Urha, Shahnagar, Rahmatpur, Shivpuri, Kulli, Ghazipur and Parvezpur. Other than the [[jagirdar]] families, the majority of the [[Fatehpur district|Fatehpur]] Khokhar are small to medium-sized farmers. With the abolishment of [[zamindar]]i system of feudal ownership by the Indian government in 1949, this has had a strong impact on the large landowning families, as much of their land has been redistributed. A further change has been that many Khokhar Khanzada have also emigrated to [[Pakistan]], and are now found mainly in [[Karachi]].<br />
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==Customs and Traditions==<br />
They are [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]]s, and have customs similar to other [[Khanzada (Awadh)|Khanzada]] communities in the region. The community is largely endogamous, although there are cases of intermarriage with the [[Gautam Khanzada]], a neighbouring [[Muslim Rajput]] population. But most marriages are with a close kin, with the community practicing both parallel cousin and cross cousin marriages. The community speak [[Urdu]], as well as the [[Awadhi]] dialect.<ref>Fatehpur District : A Gazetteer Volume XX, District Gazetteers of the United Provinces edited by H Neville</ref><br />
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==Khokhar Ranghar==<br />
The town of [[Sambhal]] in [[Moradabad District]] is also home to several families of [[Khokhar]]s, who have said to have emigrated from [[Gujrat District|Gujrat]] in what is now [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Pakistani Punjab]] during the reign of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor [[Babur|Babar]]. As most [[Rajput]] converts to [[Islam]] were in common parlance referred to as [[Ranghar]], these [[Khokhar]]s were also referred to as the Khokhar. The Emperor Babar himself is said to have granted the Khokhars [[jagir]] for the town of the [[Sambhal]]. They played a particularly important role in [[Rohilkhand]] politics during the period of [[Rohilla]] rule. The Khokhar were the effective rulers of the town of [[Sambhal]] and the adjoining countryside until the establishment of [[United Kingdom|British]] rule after the [[Rohilla War]] of 1774. Although the Khokhars lost independent power, they remained one of the larger landowners in the district till 1949, when the newly independent [[India]] carried out substantive land reform, and broke up the large estates. The Khokhars remain a substantial element in the population of [[Sambhal]].<ref>Moradabad District United Provinces District Gazetteers edited by H Neville</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Khokhar]]<br />
* [[Khanzada (Awadh)|Khanzada]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Indian Muslim}}<br />
{{Muhajir communities}}<br />
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[[Category:Khanzada]]<br />
[[Category:Rajput clans]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Muslim communities of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Muhajir communities]]</div>2604:3D08:6182:7C00:A5FC:8D5E:65BA:61F8