* ** *** Abstract The Article is an effort to have a bird's eye-view of the socio-economic conditions of "Khwaja Sara" (3rd gender) people throughout the Islamic History. Right from inception of Prophethood of Hazrat Muhammad (SAWW) and Islam, their due rights have been acknowledged and their rights were established through the eras of Khulafa-e-Rashideen and later in the Mughal era. Their social boycott from normal affairs and their expulsion from the socio-political sphere, their derogatory status of being considered as a stigma or (at best) an eunuch and their very existence being considered as a taboo is a big question in itself_Why should they be considered lesser human beings? Why should they not be involved or allowed to involve the positive active sphere of active life where they may earn respect and a meritorious position.
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