Kazis of Bengal
Kazi is a family name in Bengal which originates from the Arabic qadi meaning 'judge' and is typically used among Muslims. Kazi, also spelt Qazi and Quazi, is a title awarded to Islamic judges, commonly used hereditarily in Bengal as a family name.
Notable individuals
Given name
- Kazi Abdul Baset, painter
- Kazi Abdul Majid, former MNA
- Kazi Abdul Odud, Bangladeshi writer
- Kazi Abdur Rashid, politician
- Kazi Abdul Wadud Dara, politician
- Kazi Abu Bakar Siddiky Riton, director, producer and actor
- Kazi Abul Kasem, Indian cartoonist and writer
- Kazi Abul Kashem, politician
- Kazi Akbar Uddin Mohammad Siddique, founding member of the Bangladesh Awami League
- Kazi Alauddin, politician
- Kazi Anis Ahmed, publisher and businessman
- Kazi Anowar Hossain, painter
- Kazi Anwar Hossain, footballer
- Kazi Aref Ahmed, president of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal
- Kazi Azizul Islam, civil servant
- Kazi Bashir, actor
- Kazi Dawa Samdup, Indian translator and writer
- Kazi Firoz Rashid, politician
- Kazi Golam Mahbub, Bangladeshi politician
- Kazi Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui, knight and politician
- Kazi Golam Morshed, politician
- Kazi Habibul Awal, 13th Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh
- Kazi Hasibul Haque, cricketer
- Kazi Hayat, Bangladeshi film director
- Kazi Jalil Abbasi, Indian politician
- Kazi Jasimuddin Ahmed Joshi, cricketer
- Kazi Kader Newaj, Bangladeshi poet
- Kazi Kamrul Islam, cricketer
- Kazi Kamruzzaman, paediatric surgeon and social worker
- Kazi Kaniz Sultana, politician
- Kazi Keramat Ali, former State Minister of Technical Education
- Kazi Khademul Islam, politician and doctor
- Kazi Khaleda Khatun, language activist
- Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, architect, urbanist and architectural historian
- Kazi Khalek, actor
- Kazi Lhendup Dorjee, Indian politician
- Kazi Masum Akhtar, educator
- Kazi Misbahun Nahar, doctor
- Kazi Mobin-Uddin, American surgeon
- Kazi Mofazzal Hossain Shaikat, footballer
- Kazi Mohammed Shafiullah, former Chief of Army Staff
- Kazi Monirul Huda, advocate and politician
- Kazi Monirul Islam Manu, politician
- Kazi Morshed, film director
- Kazi Mozammel Haque, politician
- Kazi Muhammad Anowar Hossain, politician
- Kazi Muhammad Badruddoza, scientist
- Kazi Muhammad Ejarul Haque Akhand, High Court justice
- Kazi Muhammad Monzur-i-Mowla, author and former director general of Bangla Academy
- Kazi Nabil Ahmed, director of Gemcon Group and vice-president of Bangladesh Football Federation
- Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi poet
- Kazi Nuruzzaman, politician
- Kazi Nuruzzaman Bir Uttom, lieutenant colonel
- Kazi Rabbi-ul-Hasan, politician
- Kazi Rafiqul Islam, politician
- Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, former Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh
- Kazi Sahabuddin Ahmed, advocate and politician
- Kazi Sahera Anwara Shammi Sheer, politician
- Kazi Salahuddin, Bangladeshi football player and manager
- Kazi Sanaul Hoq, former chairman of Rupali Bank
- Kazi Sarwar Hossain, rear admiral
- Kazi Sekendar Ali Dalim, politician
- Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad, politician
- Kazi Shahidun Nabi, 9th Attorney General of Bangladesh
- Kazi Shamsur Rahman, politician
- Kazi Sharif Kaikobad, former director general of Bangladesh Ansar and the Village Defence Party
- Kazi Sirajul Islam, politician
- Kazi Yunus Ahmed, kabaddi player
- Kazi Zafar Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician and Prime Minister
- Kazi Zainul Abedin, Pakistani poet
- Kazi Zaker Husain, zoologist
- Qazi Abdul Alim, athlete and sports organiser
- Qazi Abu Zafar Mohammed Hasan Siddiqui, cultural activist
- Qazi Afsaruddin Ahmed, journalist and writer
- Qazi Azizul Haque, inventor
- Qazi Azizul Mowla, 5th vice-chancellor of Leading University
- Qazi Fazilat, governor of Bengal
- Qazi Fazlur Rahman, former Minister of Irrigation
- Qazi Heyat Mahmud, poet and judge
- Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, thinker and chairman of Dhaka School of Economics
- Qazi Mahabub Ahmed, politician
- Qazi Manzaral Islam Rana, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Qazi Mu'tasim Billah, Islamic scholar and principal of Jamia Shariyyah Malibagh
- Qazi Nur Ahmed Saudagar, politician and lawyer
- Qazi Onik, cricketer
- Qazi Ziaur Rashid Rupam, cricketer
- Quazi Deen Mohammad, founding director of National Institute of Neurosciences
- Quazi Golam Dastgir, army general and diplomat
- Quazi Mahfujul Haque Supan, member of the Yunus ministry
- Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, cricketer
- Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque, High Court justice
- Quazi Rosy, poet and parliamentarian
- Quazi Saleemul Huq Kamal, businessman
- Quazi Sazzad Ali Zahir, army officer
- Quazi Sazzad Hossain, former vice-chancellor of Khulna University of Engineering & Technology
- Quazi Syque Caesar, gymnast and coach
- Quazi Tarikul Islam, physician and academic
Surname
- Abdur Rahim Quazi, West Bengal legislator
- Daulat Qazi, poet
- Faruk Quazi, journalist and law reporter
- Kairan Quazi, software engineer
- Mizanur Rahman Kazi, doctor and MLA
- Zohra Begum Kazi, physician
Families
- Qazi family of Lakhnauti
- Qazi family of Tetulia, Satkhira
- Qazi family of Bagmara, Rajbari
- *Kazi Abdul Wadud, essayist and critic
- * Qazi Motahar Hossain, writer and scientist
- * Qazi Sanjida Khatun, musicologist
- * Qazi Anwar Hussain, novelist
- * Qazi Fahmida Khatun, singer
- Kazi family of Baligaon, Feni
- * Kazi Ebadul Haque, judge
- * Kazi Zinat Hoque, High Court justice
- Kazi family of Tungipara, Gopalganj
- * Qazi Abu Yusuf, physician and politician
- * Kazi Zafarullah, politician
- * Kazi Shahidullah, chairman of University Grants Commission
- Qazi family of Bilbilash, Patuakhali
- * Sher-e-Bangla Qazi Abul Kasem Fazlul Haq, Prime Minister of Bengal
- * Qazi Abul Kalam Faezul Huq, politician and lawyer
- Qazi family of Bhirich Khan, Munshiganj
- * Qazi Azizul Haque, first translator of Sahih al-Bukhari into Bengali
- * Qazi Mahfuzul Haque, Islamic scholar
- * Qazi Mamunul Haque, Islamic scholar
- Qazi family of Cheora, Comilla
- * Nawab Qazi Musharraf Hussain, lawyer and philanthropist
- * Kazi Zafar Ahmed, Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- * Kazi Zahirul Qayyum, politician
- Kazi family of Churulia, Burdwan
- * Qazi Nazrul Islam, national poet of Bangladesh
- * Kazi Sabyasachi, elocutionist
- * Khilkhil Kazi, singer
- Qazi family of Gadaipur, Khulna
- *Khan Bahadur Qazi Imdadul Haq, writer and educationist
- *Kazi Anwarul Haque, police officer, bureaucrat, and technocrat minister
- Qazi family of Manoharpur, Jhenaidah
- *Qazi Golam Mostofa, writer and poet
- *Qazi Mustafa Monwar, painter, sculptor, radio performer and professor
- Qazi family of Mullahbari, Natore
- * Mullah Qazi Muhammad Shamez Uddin Ahmed, Qazi of Natore
- * Qazi Muhammad Shahid Sarwar Azam Shah Jahan, retired colonel
- * Sahibzada Qazi Sanwar Azam Sunny, environmental activist
- Kazi family of Churulia
- Kazi family of Nilphamari
- * Kazi Abdul Kader, Minister of Agriculture
- * Kazi Faruque Kader, politician
- Kazi family of Rajapur, Faridpur
- * Nawab Kazi Abdul Lateef, aristocrat and educator
- * Kazi Abu Muhammad Abdul Ghafur Nassakh, magistrate and writer
- * Kazi Abul Monsur, microbiologist and physician
- * Kazi Salahuddin, president of South Asian Football Federation
- * Kazi Shahidul Alam, photojournalist and social activist
- Kazi family of Tarail, Gopalganj
- * Kazi Hayat, film director, producer, writer and actor
- * Kazi Maruf, film actor