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Ghazi (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 one who participates in religious warfare
People
- Ghazi of Iraq (1912–1939), King of the Kingdom of Iraq
- Abdullah Shah Ghazi, 8th century Sufi saint in India
- Ghazi Khan, 15th century Baloch Chief from Dera Ghazi Khan, India
- Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506–1543), Somali general of the Adal Sultanate
- Ghazi Muhammad (1793–1832), first imam of Dagestan
- Gazi Evrenos (fl. 1345–1417), Ottoman military commander
- Habibullah Ghazi (1891–1929), Emir of Afghanistan
- Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi (1940–2010), Saudi Arabian politician, technocrat and novelist
- Ghazi Aridi (born 1954), Lebanese politician
- Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (born 1958), former President of Iraq
- Field Marshal Ghazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), Commander in chief of Turkish Armed Forces, 1st President of Turkey
Places
Iran
- Ghazi, Iran, a city in North Khorasan Province
- Ghazi Rural District, an administrative subdivision of North Khorasan Province, Iran
Pakistan
- Ghazi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a town
- Dera Ghazi Khan, a city in Southern Punjab
- Dera Ghazi Khan District
Other uses
- PNS Ghazi, a Pakistan Navy submarine sunk in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
- Ghazi (film), an Indian film based on the 1971 India–Pakistan war
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