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| | The Hindu : Karnataka News : Dharam Singh to inaugurate Khwaja Bande Nawaz urs |
 | | Khwaja, who had his formal education in Islamic and Koranic studies, Arabic grammar, prophetic traditions, theology, law and jurisprudence, philosophy, and Sufism under the watchful eye of Chirag of Delhi, also underwent training in the mystic path and mastered it at a young age. |
 | | Khwaja was a prolific writer and is considered to be the first prose writer in Urdu. |
 | | A majority of Khwaja's works were in Persian, a few in Arabic and some in "Dakhini," which is said to be the oldest form of Urdu. |
| www.hindu.com /2004/12/26/stories/2004122602410300.htm (435 words) |
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