Rohail Rahat

From Persian Courts to Punjabi Streets: Vernacularization and the Linguistic Reorientation of the Khawaja Sira Community

This qualitative research focuses on examining how the Khawaja Sira community in Sheikhupura, Pakistan, has evolved linguistically over the years, shifting from the historically used Persian language in Mughal courts to the modern Punjabi street language. The investigation follows this path in a diachronic sense, which...