Ghazi (warrior)
（重定向自Ghazwa）
![Mughal era illustration of Pir Ghazi of Bengal.](/Images/godic/202501/15/Pir_Gazi_and_his_tiger_in_Sundarbans0442.jpg")
![Timur had also decisively defeated the Christian Knights Hospitaller at Smyrna and since then styled himself a Ghazi.[3]](/Images/godic/202501/15/Tamerlan0442.jpg")
![Young Akbar assumed the title Badshah Ghazi after leading a Mughal Army of 10,000 during the Second Battle of Panipat, against more than 30,000 mainly Hindu adversaries led by Hemu.](/Images/godic/202501/15/Mughal_Troops_Chase_the_Armies_of_Da'ud0442.jpg")
![The Ottoman Ghazi's defeat the Crusaders during the Battle of Nicopolis.[11]](/Images/godic/202501/15/1396-Battle_of_Nicopolis-Hunername-20443.jpg")
Ghazi (غازي, ġāzī) is an Arabic term originally referring to an individual who participates in Ghazw (غزو, ġazw), meaning military expeditions or raiding; after the emergence of Islam, it took on new connotations of religious warfare. The related word Ghazwa (غزوة ġazwah) is a singulative form meaning a battle or military expedition, often one led by the Islamic prophet Muhammad.