Ghazi or Gazi ( ar, غازى), a title given to Muslim warriors or champions and used by several Ottoman Sultans, may refer to: *

Ghazi (warrior) A ''ghazi'' ( ar, غازي, , plural ''ġuzāt'') is an individual who participated in ''ghazw'' (, ''wikt:ghazwa, ''), meaning military expeditions or raiding. The latter term was applied in early Islamic literature to expeditions led by the Is ...

, an Islamic term for the Muslim soldier who crusades for their religion, land or territory

People

Given name

* Ghazi of Iraq (1912–1939), King of the Kingdom of Iraq * Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad (born 1966), Jordanian prince and academic *

Ghazi Aridi Ghazi Aridi (born 17 October 1954) is a Lebanese people, Lebanese politician who has held various cabinet portfolios. He was the minister of public works and transportation from 13 June 2011 to December 2013. Early life Aridi was born into a Dru ...

(born 1954), Lebanese politician * Gazi Evrenos (fl. 1345–1417), Ottoman military commander *

Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi ( ar, غازي بن عبدالرحمن القصيبي; 3 March 1940 – 15 August 2010) was a Saudi politician, diplomat, technocrat, poet, and novelist. He was an intellectual and a member of the Al Gosaibi family t ...

(1940–2010), Saudi Arabian politician, technocrat and novelist * Ghazi Honeini (born 1995), Lebanese footballer *

Gazi Husrev-beg Gazi Husrev-beg ( ota, غازى خسرو بك, ''Gāzī Ḫusrev Beğ''; Modern Turkish: ''Gazi Hüsrev Bey''; 1480–1541) was an Ottoman Bosnian sanjak-bey (governor) of the Sanjak of Bosnia in 1521–1525, 1526–1534, and 1536–1541. He w ...

(1480–1541), Bosnian bey * Ghazi Khan, Baloch mercenary in Multan *

Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud Ghazi Salar Masud or Ghazi Miyan (1014 – 1034 CE) was a semi-legendary Muslim figure from India. By the 12th century, he had become reputed as a warrior, and his tomb (''dargah'') at Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, India, had become a place of pilgrima ...

(1014-1034), Ghaznavid army general *

Ghazi Muhammad Qazi Mullah (Russian: Кази-Мулла, ''Kazi-Mulla'', 1793–1832) was an Islamic scholar and ascetic, who was the first Imam of the Caucasian Imamate (from 1828 to 1832). He was a staunch ally of Imam Shamil. He promoted the Sacred Law of Sh ...

(1793–1832), first imam of Dagestan, autonomous state of the Russian Federation *

Ghazi Ajil al-Yawer Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawar ( ar, غازي مشعل عجيل الياور, born 1958) is an Iraqi politician. He was the vice president under the Iraqi Transitional Government in 2006, and was interim president of Iraq under the Iraqi Interim Gove ...

(born 1958), former President of Iraq

Surname

Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi ( so, Axmed Ibraahim al-Qaasi or Axmed Gurey, Harari: አሕመድ ኢብራሂም አል-ጋዚ, ar, أحمد بن إبراهيم الغازي ; 1506 – 21 February 1543) was an imam and general of the Adal Sultana ...

(1506-1543), Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate *

Badr Al Din Abu Ghazi Badr Al Din Abu Ghazi (1920–1983) was an Egyptian art critic and writer who served as the minister of culture between 1970 and 1971. Biography Abu Ghazi was born in 1920. He was a nephew of the leading Egyptian sculptor Mahmoud Mokhtar. Abu G ...

(1920–1983), Egyptian art critic and writer *

Emad Abu Ghazi Emad Abu Ghazi ( ar, عماد أبو غازي; born 3 January 1955) is an Egyptian professor of archival studies at the University of Cairo, who is one of the Egypt's former ministers of culture. He has also worked as the secretary general of the ...

(born 1955), Egyptian scholar *

Ertuğrul Gazi Ertuğrul or Ertuğrul Gazi ( ota, ارطغرل, Erṭoġrıl; tk, ; died ) was a 13th century bey, who was the father of Osman I. Little is known about Ertuğrul's life. According to Ottoman tradition, he was the son of Suleyman Shah, the ...

(?-1280), father of Osman Gazi *

Habibullah Ghazi Habibullah also spelled Habib Ullah, Habibollah, Habeeb-Allah etc. ( ar, حَبِيْبَُ ٱلله), is a male Muslim given name meaning in ''Beloved of God'', stemming from the male form of the name Habib. It may refer to: People *Raja Sir Ch ...

(1891–1929), Emir of Afghanistan * Osman Gazi (1299-1326), founder of the Ottoman dynasty

Places

Afghanistan

Ghazi Stadium Ghazi Stadium (; ) is a multi-purpose stadium located in eastern Kabul, Afghanistan, which is mainly used for association football matches. It is sometimes called by other names such as the Afghan Football Federation Stadium. It was built during t ...

, multi-purpose stadium in Kabul

Greece

Gazi, Athens Gazi (, ; formerly Γκαζοχώρι ''Gazochori'' or Φωταέριο ''Fotaerio'') is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. It surrounds the old Athens gasworks, which is the industrial museum and exhibition space "Technopolis", widely known as Gaz ...

, a neighborhood in Athens, Greece *

Gazi, Crete Gazi ( el, Γάζι) is a Western suburb of Heraklion and a former municipality in the Heraklion regional unit of Crete in Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality Malevizi, of which it is a municipal u ...

, a town in Greece

Iran

Ghazi, Iran Qazi ( fa, قاضي; also known as Gazī and Ghāẕī) is a city in Samalqan District, Maneh and Samalqan County, North Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country ...

, a city in North Khorasan Province *

Gazi, Hormozgan Gazi ( fa, گزي, also Romanized as Gazī) is a village in Kangan Rural District, in the Central District of Jask County, Hormozgan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a coun ...

, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran *

Ghazi Rural District Qazi Rural District ( fa, دهستان قاضی) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Samalqan District, Maneh and Samalqan County, North Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Per ...

, an administrative subdivision of North Khorasan Province, Iran *

Gazi, Sistan and Baluchestan Gazi Zehi ( fa, گزي زهي, also Romanized as Gazī Zehī; also known as Gaze’ī-ye Pā’īn, Gazezai, Gazī, Gaz’ī-ye Pā’īn, Gazo’ī Pā‘īn, Qārezā’ī, Qāzeh Zā’ī, Qāzeh Zāy, and Qazo‘ī Pā‘īn) is a village in Ta ...

, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

Kosovo

Gazimestan Gazimestan (, , ) is the name of a memorial site and monument commemorating the Battle of Kosovo (1389), situated about 6-7 kilometres southeast of the actual battlefield, known as the Kosovo field. The name is a portmanteau derived from Arabic ' ...

, a memorial site and monument dedicated to Gazi Evrenos in Pristina

Pakistan

* Ghazi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a town * Dera Ghazi Khan District

Turkey

Gaziantep Gaziantep (), previously and still informally called Aintab or Antep (), is a major city and capital of the Gaziantep Province, in the westernmost part of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region and partially in the Mediterranean Region, approximat ...

, a city in Turkey * Gazi University

Other uses

* PNS ''Ghazi'', a Pakistan Navy submarine sunk in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, formerly known as USS ''Diablo'' (SS-479) *'' The Ghazi Attack'', also known as ''Ghazi'', a 2017 Indian war film