Kazi ( bn, কাজী), also spelt Qazi and Quazi, is a title awarded to Islamic judges, commonly used hereditarily in Bengal as a family name.

Individuals

* Qazi Fazilat (1541–1545), governor of Bengal *

Daulat Qazi Daulat Qazi ( bn, দৌলত কাজী; ) was a medieval Bengali poet, was born into a Qazi family in the village of Sultanpur in Raozan Upazila, Chittagong. Not getting any recognition at home, he left for Arakan, where he seems to have been ...

({{circa, 1600–1638), poet * Qazi Heyat Mahmud (1693–1760), poet and judge * Khan Bahadur Qazi Azizul Haque (1872–1935), inventor * Khan Bahadur Qazi Imdadul Haq (1882–1926), writer and educationist * Khan Bahadur Nawab Sir Kazi Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui (1891–1984), knight and politician *

Kazi Abdul Wadud Kazi Abdul Wadud (26 April 1894 - 19 May 1970) was a Bengali people, Bengali essayist, prominent critic, dramatist and biographer. He was born into a lower-middle-class family, in larger Faridpur (present) Rajbari, Pangsha. His father's name was K ...

(1894–1970), essayist and critic *

Kazi Kader Newaj Kazi Kader Newaj (1909–1983) was a Bangladeshi poet. He won Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1963. Education and career Newaj earned his BA Honours in English from Berhampore College in 1927 and his master's degree from University of Calcu ...

(1909–1983), poet * Zohra Begum Kazi (1912–2007), physician * Kazi Abul Kasem (1913–2004), cartoonist * Shilpacharya Kazi Zainul Abedin (1914–1976), painter * Kazi Khalek (1915–1970), actor * Qazi Afsaruddin Ahmed (1921–1975), journalist and writer * Kazi Akbar Uddin Mohammad Siddique (1924–2004), founding member of the Bangladesh Awami League *

Kazi Khademul Islam Kazi Khademul Islam () (31 January 1925 – 28 March 1990) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Jessore-1 Jessore-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangla ...

(1925–1990), politician and doctor * Kazi Nuruzzaman Bir Uttom (1925–2011), lieutenant colonel *

Kazi Golam Mahbub Kazi Golam Mahbub (23 December 1927 – 19 March 2006) was a Bangladeshi activist and politician. He participated in the Language Movement that took place in the erstwhile East Pakistan. Early life and education Mahbub was born in Kasba villag ...

(1927–2006), politician and activist *

Kazi Nuruzzaman Kazi Nuruzzaman Bir Uttom (24 March 1925 – 6 May 2011) was a Bangladeshi war hero and secular Bangladeshi nationalism, nationalist, who served as one of the principal commanders of the Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He also re ...

(1927–2017), politician * Kazi Muhammad Badruddoza (born 1927), scientist *

Kazi Zaker Husain Kazi Zaker Husain (1 January 1931 – 21 June 2011) was a Bangladeshi zoologist. He was awarded Independence Day Award in 1992 by the Government of Bangladesh. Career Husain served as a faculty member of the Department of Zoology at the Univer ...

(1931–2011), zoologist *

Quazi Golam Dastgir Quazi Golam Dastgir (23 September 1932 – 17 October 2008) was a Bangladesh army general and diplomat. From 1975 to 1977, he served as the "Zonal Martial Law Administrator" (the equivalent of a State Governor in the military-backed government ...

(1932–2008), army general and diplomat *

Kazi Abdur Rashid Kazi Abdur Rashid was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament from Gopalganj-1. Career Rashid fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war. He was 1991 Bangladeshi general election, elected to Parliament in 1991 from ...

(1932–2014), politician *

Qazi Mu'tasim Billah Qazi Mu'tasim Billah Bahar ( bn, কাজী মুতাসিম বিল্লাহ বাহার; 15 June 1933 – 15 July 2013) was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, teacher, author and politician. He was the principal of Jamia Shar'iyya ...

(1933–2013), Islamic scholar and former principal of Jamia Shariyyah Malibagh * Qazi Abdul Alim (1933–2007), athlete and sports organiser * Kazi Mohammed Shafiullah (born 1934), former

Chief of Army Staff Chief of Army Staff or Chief of the Army Staff which is generally abbreviated as COAS is a title commonly used for the appointment held by the most senior staff officer or the chief commander in several nations' armies. * Chief of Army (Australia ...

Kazi Abdul Baset Kazi Abdul Baset (December 4, 1935 – May 23, 2002) was a Bangladeshi painter and art teacher. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1991 by the Government of Bangladesh. Education and career Baset was born to Abdul Jalil and Nurjahan Begum. He pass ...

(1935–2002), painter *

Kazi Shamsur Rahman Kazi Shamsur Rahman is a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politician and a former member of parliament for Satkhira-2 Satkhira-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Mir Mostaque Ahmed ...

(1937–2006), politician * Kazi Khaleda Khatun (1939–2013), language activist *

Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad is a Bangladeshi economist and development thinker and activist. He is currently the chairman of Dhaka School of Economics (DScE), a constituent institution of the University of Dhaka, devoted to post-graduate studies i ...

(born 1940), thinker and chairman of

Dhaka School of Economics The Dhaka School of Economics (DScE) ( bn, ঢাকা স্কুল অব ইকোনমিকস) is an undergraduate and postgraduate institution of the University of Dhaka. DScE was founded in April 2010, following the model of the London ...

* Kazi Sirajul Islam (born 1940), politician * Qazi Abu Zafar Mohammed Hasan Siddiqui (1940–2012), cultural activist * Kazi Muhammad Monzur-i-Mowla (1940–2020), author and former director general of Bangla Academy *

Kazi Anowar Hossain Kazi Anowar Hossain (14 January 1941 – 8 February 2007) was a Bangladeshi painter who was known for his classical portrayal of rural Bengal. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2016 posthumously by the Government of Bangladesh. Early life Althoug ...

(1941–2007), painter * Kazi Shahidun Nabi (1941–2018), 9th Attorney General of Bangladesh *

Kazi Aref Ahmed Kazi Aref Ahmed ( bn, কাজী আরেফ আহমেদ) was the President of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal and one of the organizers of Bangladesh Liberation war. Early life Ahmed was born in 1948. Career Ahmed was a founding member of the ...

(1942–1999), former president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal *

Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad is a retired Bangladeshi civil servant and former Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh. Early life A veteran freedom fighter, Ahmad was born in Jessore on 2 December 1943. Education Ahmad studied chemistry at University ...

(born 1943), former

Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ( bn, বাংলাদেশের প্রধান নির্বাচন কমিশনার) heads the Election Commission of Bangladesh, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fai ...

* Kazi Sekendar Ali Dalim (1945–2020), politician * Kazi Firoz Rashid (born 1947), politician * Faruk Quazi (1949–2020), journalist and law reporter *

Quazi Rosy Quazi Rosy (also spelled Quazy Rosy; 1 January 1949 – 20 February 2022) was a Bangladeshi poet who served also as member of the parliament. She is known for ''Pothghat Manusher Naam'' and ''Amar Piraner Kono Map Nei''. Early life Rosy was b ...

(1949–2022), poet and parliamentarian * Kazi Morshed (1950–2014), film director * Quazi Sazzad Ali Zahir (born 1951), army officer * Quazi Saleemul Huq Kamal (born 1951), businessman * Qazi Muhammad Junaid Babunagari (1953–2021), Islamic scholar *

Kazi Keramat Ali Kazi Keramat Ali (born 22 April 1954) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is a former State Minister for Technical and Madrasa Education from January 2018 until January 2019. He is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member from the Rajbari-1 constituenc ...

(born 1954), former State Minister of Technical Education * Quazi Tarikul Islam (born 1954), physician and academic * Kazi Muhammad Anowar Hossain (1955–2017), politician *

Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad (born 20 February 1956) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician who served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Comilla-3 constituency from 1986 to 1990 and again from 1996 to 2014. In his ...

(born 1956), politician *

Kazi Habibul Awal Kazi Habibul Awal (born 21 January 1956) is a retired secretary and the incumbent Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh. Early life and education Awal was born on 21 January 1956 in Comilla District, East Pakistan, Pakistan to a family fr ...

(born 1956), 13th Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh * Kazi Anwar Hossain (born 1957), footballer *

Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque is a judge on the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. Early life Hoque was born on 28 November 1958. He did his bachelors and masters in law from the University of Dhaka. He did his second masters of law from the ...

(born 1958), High Court justice *

Kazi Khaleed Ashraf Kazi Khaleed Ashraf is a Bangladeshi architect, urbanist and architectural historian. Writing from the intersection of architecture, landscape and the city, Ashraf has authored books and essays on architecture in India and Bangladesh, the work of ...

(born 1959), architect, urbanist and architectural historian * Kazi Abdul Wadud Dara (born 1962), politician *

Kazi Sharif Kaikobad Kazi Sharif Kaikobad is a former major general in the Bangladesh Army. He is the former director general of Bangladesh Ansar and the Village Defence Party The Village Defence Party (VDPs) is a law enforcement force in Bangladesh, organised in d ...

(born 1965), former director general of

Bangladesh Ansar The Bangladesh Ansar (also known as the Ansar Bahini) is a paramilitary auxiliary force responsible for the preservation of internal security and law enforcement in Bangladesh. It is administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government ...

and the

Village Defence Party The Village Defence Party (VDPs) is a law enforcement force in Bangladesh, organised in distinct units at the level of individual villages and urban towns. It is administered by the Home Ministry of the central Government of Bangladesh. Although do ...

Quazi Sazzad Hossain Quazi Sazzad Hossain is a Bangladesh academic and Vice-Chancellor of Khulna University of Engineering & Technology. Early life Hossain graduated from Narail Government Victoria College, and Universiti Sains Malaysia. Career Hossain was a profe ...

(born 1968), former vice-chancellor of Khulna University of Engineering & Technology * Abdur Rahim Quazi (born 1968), West Bengal legislator * Qazi Ziaur Rashid Rupam (born 1968), cricketer * Kazi Nabil Ahmed (born 1969), director of

Gemcon Group Gemcon Group () is a Bangladeshi diversified conglomerate based in Dhaka. History Gemcon Group was established in 1979 through Castle Construction. It was founded by Kazi Shahid Ahmed who is also the chairperson of the group. It is a family own ...

and vice-president of

Bangladesh Football Federation Bangladesh Football Federation (, ''Bānlādēśa phuṭabala phēḍārēśana'') is the governing body that administrates the sport of association football in Bangladesh. It is in charge of running the country's men's and women's national tea ...

* Kazi Anis Ahmed (born 1970), publisher and businessman * Kazi Masum Akhtar (born 1971), educator * Kazi Muhammad Ejarul Haque Akhand (born 1971), High Court justice *

Mizanur Rahman Kazi Mizanur Rahman Kazi ( bn, মিজানুর রহমান কাজী) is a doctor and politician. He is the current MLA for the Rajabala constituency in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly. \Kazi is a fellow of the Indian Association of ...

(born 1976), doctor and MLA * Kazi Abu Bakar Siddiky Riton (born 1977), director, producer and actor * Kazi Yunus Ahmed (born 1980), kabaddi player * Kazi Mofazzal Hossain Shaikat (born 1986), footballer * Kazi Hasibul Haque (born 1986), cricketer * Kazi Kamrul Islam (born 1987), cricketer * Quazi Syque Caesar (born 1990), gymnast and coach * Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan (born 1993), cricketer *

Qazi Onik Qazi Onik (born 18 March 1999) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. A left-arm medium-fast bowler, he made his Twenty20 debut for Rajshahi Kings on 29 November 2017 in the 2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League. In December 2017, he was named in Bangladesh ...

(born 1999), cricketer * Kairan Quazi (born 2009), software engineer * Kazi Azizul Islam (died 1971), civil servant * Kazi Abdul Majid, former MNA * Kazi Sahabuddin Ahmed, advocate and politician * Kazi Abul Kashem, politician * Kazi Rabbi-ul-Hasan, politician * Kazi Kamruzzaman, paediatric surgeon and social worker * Kazi Alauddin, politician * Qazi Fazlur Rahman, former Minister of Irrigation *

Kazi Mozammel Haque Kazi Mozammel Haque is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Dhaka-17 Dhaka-17 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Akbar Hossain Pathan Far ...

, politician *

Kazi Bashir Kazi Bashir is a Bangladeshi Cinematographer and Make-Up artist. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Cinematography for the film ''Ghrina'' (1994). Selected films * Protiggya - 1980 * Badhon Hara - 1981 * Naat Bou - 1982 * Boro Bh ...

, actor * Kazi Abu Zafar Muhammad Lutfar, advocate and politician *

Kazi Rafiqul Islam Kazi Rafiqul Islam is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Bogra-1 Bogra-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Abdul Mannan of the ...

, politician * Kazi Sarwar Hossain, rear admiral * Kazi Sahera Anwara Shammi Sheer, politician *

Quazi Deen Mohammad Quazi Deen Mohammad is a Bangladeshi physician, academic and neurologist. He is the founding director of National Institute of Neuroscience, Dhaka. He was the 37th principal of Dhaka Medical College and 19th President of Bangladesh College of ...

, founding director of National Institute of Neurosciences * Kazi Kaniz Sultana, politician * Qazi Azizul Mowla, 5th vice-chancellor of

Leading University Leading University ( bn, লিডিং ইউনিভার্সিটি) or LU is a private university of Bangladesh. It was established in 2001 under the Private University Act 1992. The campus of LU is located in Ragib Nagar, Kamal Baz ...

Qazi Mahabub Ahmed Qazi Mahabub Ahmed is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Faridpur-12 and Madaripur-2. Career Ahmed was elected to parliament from Faridpur-12 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979. He w ...

, politician * Kazi Monirul Huda, advocate and politician *

Kazi Monirul Islam Manu Kazi Monirul Islam (born 2 January 1952) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-5 constituency. Career Islam is the president of Jatrabari Thana Awami League. After the death of H ...

, politician *

Kazi Golam Morshed Kazi Golam Morshed is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Natore-3 Natore-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Zunaid Ahmed Pal ...

, politician * Kazi Misbahun Nahar, doctor * Kazi Shek Farid, Professor, Dept. of Rural Sociology, Bangladesh Agricultural University

Families

Qazi family of Lakhnauti The Qazi family of Lakhnauti ( bn, লখনৌতির কাজী খান্দান) was a medieval Bengali Muslim family who lived in the royal city of Lakhnauti in the Bengal Sultanate. The family was founded by Taj ad-Din an-Nahwi in th ...

* Qazi family of Tetulia, Satkhira *Qazi family of Bagmara, Rajbari ** Qazi Motahar Hossain (1897–1981), writer and scientist ** Qazi Sanjida Khatun (born 1933), musicologist ** Qazi Anwar Hussain (1936–2022), novelist ** Qazi Fahmida Khatun, singer *Kazi family of Baligaon, Feni ** Kazi Ebadul Haque (1936–2022), judge ** Kazi Zinat Hoque (born 1974), High Court justice * Kazi family of Tungipara, Gopalganj **

Qazi Abu Yusuf Qazi Abu Yusuf is a Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi politician and physician of Faridpur District, who was a member of parliament for the then Faridpur-6 and Faridpur-5 constituencies. Early life Abu Yusuf was born in Bhanga Upazila, Faridpur Distr ...

, physician and politician ** Kazi Zafarullah (born 1947), politician **

Kazi Shahidullah Kazi Shahidullah is a Bangladeshi academic and incumbent Chairman of Bangladesh University Grants Commission. He previously served as the vice-chancellor of the National University of Bangladesh The National University of Bangladesh ( bn, জ ...

, chairman of University Grants Commission * Qazi family of Bilbilash, Patuakhali ** Sher-e-Bangla Qazi Abul Kasem Fazlul Haq (1873—1962), former Prime Minister of Bengal ** Qazi Abul Kalam Faezul Huq (1944–2007), politician and lawyer * Qazi family of Bhirich Khan, Munshiganj **

Qazi Azizul Haque Khan Bahadur Qazi Azizul Haque (1872 – 1935) was a Bengali inventor and police officer in British India, notable for his work with Edward Henry and Hem Chandra Bose in developing the Henry Classification System of fingerprints, which is still ...

(1919–2012), first translator of

Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari ( ar, صحيح البخاري, translit=Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī), group=note is a ''hadith'' collection and a book of '' sunnah'' compiled by the Persian scholar Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī (810–870) around 846. Al ...

into

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

** Qazi Mahfuzul Haque (born 1969), Islamic scholar ** Qazi Mamunul Haque (born 1973), Islamic scholar * Qazi family of Cheora, Comilla ** Nawab Qazi Musharraf Hussain (1871–1966), lawyer and philanthropist ** Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1939–2015), former Prime Minister of Bangladesh **

Kazi Zahirul Qayyum Kazi Zahirul Qayyum is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and former Member of Parliament. Career Qayyum was a member of parliament. He was close to Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he tried to negotiate a truce ...

, politician * Kazi family of Churulia, Burdwan **

Qazi Nazrul Islam , pseudonym = bn, ধূমকেতু, Dhūmketu , image = Nazrul.jpg , image_size = , caption = Nazrul in Chittagong, 1926 , birth_date = 11 ''Joiṣṭhyô'', 1306 '' Bônggabdô ...

(1899–1976), national poet of Bangladesh **

Kazi Sabyasachi Kazi Sabyasachi (died in ) was a Bengali elocutionist. He was the eldest surviving son of one of the most prolific Bengali poets of the 20th century Kazi Nazrul Islam. Sabyasachi came to fame in the 1960s and '70s as a reciter. In 1966, he became ...

(1928–1979), elocutionist **

Khilkhil Kazi Khilkhil Kazi is a Bangladeshi singer and organizer. She is the eldest daughter of elocutionist Kazi Sabyasachi and granddaughter of Bangladesh National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. She was awarded Nazrul Award 2013 by the Nazrul Institute The N ...

, singer *Qazi family of Mullahbari, Natore ** Mullah Qazi Muhammad Shamez Uddin Ahmed (1913–1968), Qazi of Natore ** Qazi Muhammad Shahid Sarwar Azam Shah Jahan (born 1952), retired colonel ** Sahibzada Qazi Sanwar Azam Sunny (born 1989), environmental activist * Kazi family of Nilphamari **

Kazi Abdul Kader Kazi Abdul Kader (1914–2002) was a Pakistani and later Bangladeshi politician. He served as a member of parliament in both the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly and Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad. Early life Kader was born in 1914 within Ran ...

(1914–2002), former Minister of Agriculture ** Kazi Faruque Kader, politician * Kazi family of Rajapur, Faridpur ** Nawab Kazi Abdul Lateef (1828–1893), aristocrat and educator ** Kazi Abu Muhammad Abdul Ghafur Nassakh (1834–1889), magistrate and writer **

Kazi Abul Monsur Kazi Abul Monsur (1918 – 20 February 1996) was a physician and microbiologist of Bangladesh. He was awarded Independence Day Award posthumously in 1996 by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution in the field of medical science. Earl ...

(1918–1996), microbiologist and physician ** Kazi Salahuddin (born 1953), president of South Asian Football Federation ** Kazi Shahidul Alam (born 1955), photojournalist and social activist * Kazi family of Tarail, Gopalganj ** Kazi Hayat (born 1947), film director, producer, writer and actor ** Kazi Maruf (born 1983), film actor

References

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