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In spirit, it is not very unlike the movement of the fanatics known as Ghazis, whose zeal burns against all infidels, especially those of the
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I even took a turn up by the ruined Residency, and found my heart beating faster as I looked at the bullet-pocked walls, and marked the window where Broadfoot had tumbled to his death - and from there I turned and tried to find the spot where the Ghazis had set on me and the Burnes brothers, but I couldn't find it.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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We'd seen 'em before, of course, the first night, scouting our landing, and I'd thought then, it's well seen you ain't Ghazis, my lads, or you'd pitch our whole force back into the sea before we're right ashore.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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I remembered my old sparring chums, the Gilzais and Baluchis and Khels and Afridis - and those fiends of Ghazis - and wondered if the Ruskis knew precisely the kind of folk they'd be relying on for safe-conduct and alliance.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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The Kashmiris have the blood of the Mujahids [Jihadists] and Ghazis [infidel slayers].
Benazir Bhutto: In Life and Death, a Blessing to the Jihadists 2008
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"The Kashmiris have the blood of the Mujahids and Ghazis [jihadis]."
Kashmir: The Scarred and the Beautiful Dalrymple, William 2008
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The Ghazis pinpointed their weapons with deadly accuracy and the shells and the blizzard of musket balls and repeater rounds ravaged the British forces.
More Twisted Stories Vol II Deaver, Jeffery 2006
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Goodcastle had been a gunner with the famed Royal Horse Artillery, which was among the detachments ordered to stop an enemy force of Ghazis intent on attacking the British garrison at Kandahar.
More Twisted Stories Vol II Deaver, Jeffery 2006
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As Goodcastle and the others fled in a terrible rout, the Ghazis turned the British guns around and augmented the carnage, with the Afghans using the flagpoles from the regiment's own flags as ramming rods for the shot!
More Twisted Stories Vol II Deaver, Jeffery 2006
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The Ghazis charge furiously, with their lances couched.
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