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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Bengali Muslim saint who lived during the spread of Islam in Bengal}}<br />
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{{Infobox religious biography<br />
| name = Gazi Pir<br />
| image = Pir Gazi and his tiger in Sundarbans.jpg<br />
| caption = An image of Pir Gazi and his tiger in the [[Sundarbans]] drawn around 1800 CE.<br />
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| birth_place = [[South 24 Parganas|Adampur]], [[Sundarbans]]<br />
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| resting_place = [[Ghutiary Sharif]], West Bengal<br />
| religion = Islam<br />
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'''Gazi Pir''' (also called '''Ghazi Pir''', '''Gaji Pir''', '''Barkhan Gaji''' or '''Gaji Saheb''') was a [[Bengali Muslim]] warrior ([[Ghazi (warrior)|Ghazi]]) and ''[[Pir (Sufism)|pir]]'' (warrior saint) who lived in the 12th or 13th century during the [[Islam in Bengal|spread of Islam in Bengal]]. He was known for his power over dangerous animals and controlling the natural elements. As the new local Muslim population of southern [[Bengal]] were settling in the dense forests of the [[Ganges delta]], these were important qualities. His life is shown on the "Gazi Scroll", a scroll with 54 paintings from circa 1800, which is in the [[British Museum]] in London, England.<ref>[[British Museum]]. ''[http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&assetid=563861001&objectid=233075 The 'Gazi' Scroll]''.</ref><br />
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In the villages of the [[Sundarbans]] jungles, Gazi Pir is worshiped alongside the [[Bonbibi]] and the Hindu [[Dakshin Rai]], to ask for protection from tigers. According to the legends, Bonbibi taught that everyone is equal, no matter the caste or religion that one has, and that they should live in harmony with nature.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jalais|first=Annu|title=Forest of Tigers: People, Politics and Environment in the Sundarbans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XIW3AwAAQBAJ|year=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-19869-4}}</ref><br />
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==Kolkata memorial==<br />
[[File:Hazrat Barkan Gazi Pir Baba - Signboard.jpg|thumb|Plate at the shrine in Kolkata.]]<br />
[[Rani Rasmani]], who created the [[Dakshineswar Kali Temple]] in [[Kolkata]] in 1847, had a dream in which Gazi Pir told her to build a shrine for him under a [[peepal tree]] outside what became the riverside gate of [[Belur Math]] in the early 20th century. [[Ramakrishna Paramahansa]] used make [[Prasad (food offering)|offerings]] (sinni) there.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chowdhury|first=Satyam Roy|title=Sri Ramakrishna For You|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9GvyDAAAQBAJ|year=2016|publisher=Techno India|isbn=9789384561192}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite book|last1=Bera|first1=Gautam Kumar |last2=Sahay|first2=Vijoy S. |title=In the Lagoons of the Gangetic Delta|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aF4-_UjgfR0C|year=2010|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-343-8}}<br />
* {{cite book|last=Blurton|first=T. Richard |title=Bengali Myths: The Legendary Past|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b-nWAAAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=British Museum|isbn=978-0-7141-2436-0}}<br />
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