A'la-Hazrat

A'la-Hazrat (Classical Persian: اعلیٰ‌حضرت Aʿlā-Ḥażrat)^[a] for a man, or 'Ulya-Hazrat (Classical Persian: علیاحضرت ʿUlyā-Ḥażrat)^[b] for a woman, is a form of address used in the Persian language as well as in languages of the Persianate world including Turkic languages^[c] and Urdu.^[d] It is a compound of the words اعلیٰ aʿlā, from Arabic أعلى ʾaʿlā (feminine: عليا ʿulyā), and Persian حضرت ḥażrat, from Arabic حضرة ḥaḍra. Its literal meaning is 'the presence of the most high', and it is equivalent to Majesty in English.^[1]

The form of address has also been used in reference to some Islamic scholars such as Imdadullah Muhajir Makki (1817–1899), Shah Abdul Wahhab (1831–1921) and Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856–1921).