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Like the Seljuks, they regarded themselves as ghazis, warriors who fought to expand and protect the borders and influence of Islam, and this recognition came to form an important part of Ottoman Turkish identity.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

On Monday night the villages on the east and south were abandoned by their mixed garrisons of ghazis and regulars.

From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh

Hearing that 2000 of the enemy's horsemen and a large number of ghazis had hurried forward in advance of the main body to Maiwand, he determined to attack them there.

From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland

The burning days and frosty nights of the Afghan uplands were more fatal than the rifles of Ayub and the knives of the ghazis.

From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland

Burrows's troops followed, and shortly after 9 a.m., their disposition being completed, Captain Hornsby opened fire upon the kotal, which was one mass of ghazis.

From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh