agha

Commanders of the different branch of military services were called aghas i.e. azap agha, besli agha, janissary agha: the commanders of azaps, beslis, and janissaries. This rank was given to commanders of smaller military units too, these were for instance the bulyuk agha, odzsak agha: the commander of a bulyuk and odzsak both meaning troops. As a title it was placed after the name of the certain military functionaries at the same time some Court functionaries were entitled to have the agha title, too.

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