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Agha (Turkish: ağa; [2] Ottoman Turkish: آغا; Persian: آقا, romanized: āghā; "chief, master, lord" [3]) is an honorific title for a civilian or officer, or often part of such title. In the Ottoman times, some court functionaries and leaders of organizations like bazaar or the janissary units were entitled to the agha title.
as Agha Fate Refs Yakub Agha: 1515: unknown [1] Ferhad Agha: 1515–1517: Promoted to beylerbey (governor-general) of Rumelia and vizier [1] Ayas Mehmed Agha: 1517–1519(?) Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served as grand vizier (1536–1539) [1] Kemal or Kemaleddin Agha: 1519: Died in office [1] Behrem Agha: 1519–1520: Promoted ...
The Agha was chosen by the Ottoman Sultan, but was not necessarily himself a Janissary. [1] To secure the often uncertain loyalty of the corps, Bayezid II (r. 1481–1512) stopped the practice of appointing the sekban-bashi (the commander of the sekban regiments) to the post, and instead nominated a member of his own household to the post. [2]
Agha may refer to: Agha (actor) (1914–1992), Indian film actor and producer; Jalal Agha (1945–1995), son of the actor Agha, Indian actor and director in Bollywood films; Agha (title), a civilian and military title in the Middle East; Agha, Iran (disambiguation), places in Iran
Murad Agha [a] (Arabic: مراد آغا, c. 1480 – c. 1556) was an Sicilian-born Ottoman eunuch and military officer who was the first Beylerbey of Tripoli.He held this position from the capture of the city from the Knights Hospitaller in August 1551 until he was replaced by Dragut in 1553/1554.
Author Farhad Daftary wrote of how the honorific title Aga Khan (from Agha and Khan) was first given to Aga Khan I at the age of thirteen after the murder of his father: "At the same time, the Qajar monarch bestowed on him the honorific title of Agha Khan (also transcribed as Aqa Khan), meaning lord and master." Daftary additionally commented ...
Aga Khan (Persian: آقاخان; Arabic: آغا خان; also transliterated as Aqa Khan and Agha Khan) [1] is a title held by the Imām of the Nizari Ismāʿīli Shias. From 1957 to 2025, the holder of the title was the 49th Imām, Prince Shah Karim al-Husseini, Aga Khan IV (1936–2025).
Davud Agha was the chief imperial architect of the Ottoman Empire from 1588, [1] after the death of his predecessor Sinan, until his death in 1598 or 1599. [2] His works include various monuments from the classical period of Ottoman architecture .