Ghazi

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

• Ghazi (warrior), 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 (born 1954), Lebanese politician
• Gazi Evrenos (fl. 1345–1417), Ottoman military commander
• Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi (1940–2010), Saudi Arabian politician, technocrat and novelist
• Ghazi Honeini (born 1995), Lebanese footballer
• Gazi Husrev-beg (1480–1541), Bosnian bey
• Ghazi Khan, Baloch mercenary in Multan
• Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud (1014-1034), Ghaznavid army general
• Ghazi Muhammad (1793–1832), first imam of Dagestan, autonomous state of the Russian Federation
• Ghazi Ajil al-Yawer (born 1958), former President of Iraq

Surname

• Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506-1543), Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate
• Badr Al Din Abu Ghazi (1920–1983), Egyptian art critic and writer
• Emad Abu Ghazi (born 1955), Egyptian scholar
• Ertuğrul Gazi (?-1280), father of Osman Gazi
• Habibullah Ghazi (1891–1929), Emir of Afghanistan
• Osman Gazi (1299-1326), founder of the Ottoman dynasty

Places

Afghanistan

• Ghazi Stadium, multi-purpose stadium in Kabul

Greece

• Gazi, Athens, a neighborhood in Athens, Greece
• Gazi, Crete, a town in Greece

Iran

• Ghazi, Iran, a city in North Khorasan Province
• Gazi, Hormozgan, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
• Ghazi Rural District, an administrative subdivision of North Khorasan Province, Iran
• Gazi, Sistan and Baluchestan, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

Kosovo

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

Pakistan

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

Turkey

• Gaziantep, 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

See also

• Gazi (disambiguation)
• Khasi (disambiguation)
• Razzia (military)