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Agha (Turkish: ağa; Ottoman Turkish: آغا; Persian: آقا, romanized: āghā; "chief, master, lord") 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.
Agha, also Aga (Ottoman Turkish: أغا, Persian: آقا āghā "chief, master, lord"), as an honorific title for a civilian or military officer, or often part of such title, was placed after the name of certain civilian or military functionaries in the Ottoman Empire.
Agha (or Agha, Ağası): commander, a title junior to Bey and conferred on military officers on a personal basis. Alp: brave warrior or knight; a title conferred during the early years of Ottoman rule.
The term ''Agha'' was a Title used within The Ottoman (Persian) Empire. It was seen in use around the 15th Century AD. The term is translated to mean ''Elderly Brother'' and was bestowed as an Honorary Title to both Civilian Administrators and Military Officers.
Agha, also Aga (from Turkish: ağa "chief, master, lord", Persian: آقا ), as a title for a civilian or military officer, or often part of such title, was placed after the name of certain military functionaries in the Ottoman Empire.
Agha (Turkish: ağa; Ottoman Turkish: آغا; Persian: آقا, romanized: āghā; "chief, master, lord") 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.
Aga Khan (Persian: آقاخان, Arabic: آغا خان; also transliterated as Aqa Khan and Agha Khan) is a title held by the Imām of the Nizari Ismāʿīli Shias. Since 1957, the holder of the title has been the 49th Imām, Prince Shah Karim al-Husseini, Aga Khan IV (born 1936).
Aga, in Turkey, person of high rank or social position, especially during the era of the Ottoman Empire. Combined with the names of military units or administrative departments, it formed the official titles borne by the chief officers of the Janissaries and of the cavalry, by the principal members.
A Kashmiri American Muslim, Agha Shahid Ali is best known as a poet in the United States and identified himself as an American poet writing in English. Ali wrote nine poetry collections and a book of literary criticism (T.S. Eliot as Editor, 1986), as well as translated a collection of Faiz Ahmed…
Jan 10, 2018 · The Turkish Nobility was a very powerful, ancient and international social class that helped the sultans rule the Ottoman Empire for nearly five centuries, from 1453 till 1918.
