A ghazi is an individual who participated in ghazw, meaning military expeditions or raiding. The latter term was applied in early Islamic literature to expeditions led by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and later taken up by Turkic military leaders to describe their wars of conquest.
The "Ghazi Sultan" Murad II and Władysław III of Poland.
Young Akbar assumed the title Badshah Ghazi after leading a Mughal Army of 70,000 during the Second Battle of Panipat, against 30,000 mainly Hindu adversaries led by Hemu.
Ottoman Ghazis defeat the Crusaders during the Battle of Nicopolis.
Ertuğrul or Ertuğrul Ghazi 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 leader of the Kayı tribe of the Oghuz Turks. These Turkomans fled from western Central Asia to Anatolia to escape the Mongol conquests, but he may instead have been the son of Gündüz Alp. According to this legend, after the death of his father, Ertuğrul and his followers entered the service of the Sultanate of Rum, for which he was rewarded with dominion over the town of Söğüt on the frontier with the Byzantine Empire. This set off the chain of events that would ultimately lead to the founding of the Ottoman Empire.
Ertuğrul depicted in 16th-century Ottoman miniature book Sübhatü’l-ahbâr by Derviş Mehmed
Minted coin by Osman I, indicating the existence of Ertuğrul. The coin reads as follows: Struck by Osman, son of Ertuğrul. May his kingdom perpetuate
Grave of Ertuğrul, Söğüt
Ertuğrul Tekke Mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey