Khojki

Khojki (Urdu: خوجكى‎, Sindhi: خوجڪي‎ (Perso Arabic) खोजकी (Devanagari) ) or Khojiki was a script used almost exclusively by the Khoja community of parts of South Asia such as Sindh. The name "Khojki" is derived from the Persian word, 'khwajah', which means 'master', or 'lord'. It was employed primarily to record Muslim Shia Ismaili religious literature, as well as literature for a few secret Shia Muslim sects. It is one of the two Landa scripts used for liturgy (the other being Gurmukhi).

History

The (Nizari Ismaili) tradition states that Khojki was created by Pir Sadardin (da‘i Pir Sadruddin). He was sent by the Ismaili Imam of the time to spread the Ismaili Muslim faith in South Asia/Jambudvipa. He did this by singing and teaching Ismaili Muslim Ginans (literally translates to "knowledge", a word for devotional and religious literature). He then wrote them down in Khojki.

Khojki (Unicode block)

Khojki is a Unicode block containing characters used by the Khoja community of South Asia.

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