Sixty-nine works are ascribed to Ghazali (cf. C. Brockelmann's _Gesch.
d. arabischen Litteratur_, i. 421-426, Weimar, 1898). The most
important of those which have been published are: a treatise on
eschatology called _Ad-durra ul-fakhira_ ("The precious pearl"), ed.
L. Gautier (Geneva, 1878); the great work, _Ihya ul-`Ulum_ ("Revival
of the sciences") (Bulaq, 1872; Cairo, 1889); see a commentary by
al-Murtada called the Ithaf, published in 13 vols. at Fez, 1885-1887,
and in 10 vols. at Cairo, 1893; the _Bidayat ul-Hidaya_ (Bulaq, 1870,
and often at Cairo); a compendium of ethics, _Mizan ul-`Amal_,
translated into Hebrew, ed. J. Goldenthal (Paris, 1839); a more
popular treatise on ethics, the _Kimiya us-Sa`ada_, published at
Lucknow, Bombay and Constantinople, ed. H. A. Homes as _The Alchemy of
Happiness_ (Albany, N.Y., 1873); the ethical work _O Child_, ed. by
Hammer-Purgstall in Arabic and German (Vienna, 1838); the _Destruction
of Philosophers_ (_Tahafut ul-Falasifa_) (Cairo, 1885, and Bombay,
1887). Of this work a French translation was begun by Carra de Vaux in
_Muséon_, vol. xviii. (1899); the _Maqasid ul-Falasifa_, of which the
first part on logic was translated into Latin by Dom. Gundisalvi
(Venice, 1506), ed. with notes by G. Beer (Leiden, 1888); the _Kitab
ul-Munqid_, giving an account of the changes in his philosophical
ideas, ed. by F. A. Schmölders in his _Essai sur les écoles
philosophiques chez les Arabes_ (Paris, 1842), also printed at
Constantinople, 1876, and translated into French by Barbier de Meynard
in the _Journal asiatique_ (1877, i. 1-93); answers to questions asked
of him ed. in Arabic and Hebrew, with German translation and notes by
H. Malter (Frankfort, 1896); Eng. trans., _Confessions of
al-Ghazzali_, by Claud Field (1909).
For Ghazali's life see McG. de Slane's translation of Ibn Khallikan,
ii. 621 ff.; R. Gösche's _Über Ghazzali's Leben und Werke_ (Berlin,
1859); D. B. Macdonald's "Life of al-Ghazzali," in _Journal of
American Oriental Society_, vol. xx. (1899), and Carra de Vaux's
_Gazali_ (Paris, 1902); see ARABIAN PHILOSOPHY. (G. W. T.)
GHAZI (an Arabic word, from _ghaza_, to fight), the name given to
Mahommedans who have vowed to exterminate unbelievers by the sword. It
is also used as a title of honour, generally translated "the
Victorious," in the Ottoman empire for military officers of high rank,
who have distinguished themselves in the field against non-Moslem
enemies; thus it was conferred on Osman Pasha after his famous defence
of Plevna.
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