# List of Janissary Aghas

This is a list of the Aghas of the Janissaries, the commanders of the Janissary corps from the early 16th century to the early 19th century.
| Name | Tenure as Agha | Fate |
| Yakub Agha | 1515 | unknown |
| Ferhad Agha | 1515–1517 | Promoted to beylerbey (governor-general) of Rumelia and vizier |
| Ayas Mehmed Agha | 1517–1519(?) | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served as grand vizier (1536–1539) |
| Kemal or Kemaleddin Agha | 1519 | Died in office |
| Behrem Agha | 1519–1520 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia |
| Bali Agha | 1521–1523 | Executed |
| Mustafa Agha | 1523(?)–1525 | Executed |
| Şücaadin Agha | 1525–1526 | Died in office |
| Ismail Agha | 1526(?) | Promoted to beylerbey |
| Mehmed Agha | 1526(?)–1531 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia |
| Güzelce Rüstem Agha | 1531–1533/4 | Promoted to beylerbey of Budin |
| Silahdar Cafer Agha | 1533/4–1534 | Promoted to beylerbey of Damascus |
| Mehmed Agha | 1534 | Promoted to beylerbey of Aleppo |
| Kara Ahmed Agha | 1534–1541 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served as grand vizier (1553–1555) |
| Temerrüd Ali Agha | 1541 | Promoted to beylerbey of Erzurum |
| Ferhad Agha | 1541–1546/7 | unknown |
| Semiz Ali Agha | 1546/7–1549 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served as grand vizier (1561–1565) |
| Sinan Agha | 1549–1553 | unknown |
| Iskender Agha | 1553(?)–1554(?) | Possibly promoted to beylerbey of Egypt |
| Pertev Mehmed Agha | 1554 | unknown |
| Damad Ferhad Agha | 1554–1558 | Promoted to beylerbey of Kastamonu |
| Şemiz Ahmed Agha | 1558–1561 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served as grand vizier (1579–1580) |
| Hasan Agha | 1561–1563 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia |
| Müezzinzade Ali Agha | 1563–1566 | Promoted to Kapudan Pasha |
| Cafer Agha | 1566–1569 | Promoted to governor of Kütahya |
| Siyavuş Agha | 1569–1570 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served thrice as grand vizier (1582–1584, 1586–1589, 1592–1593) |
| Mustafa Agha | 1570–1575 | Died in office |
| Cafer Agha | 1566–1569 | Promoted to governor of Kütahya |
| Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Agha | 1575–1579 | Promoted to governor of Erzurum, eventually served as grand vizier (1596) |
| Cerrah Mehmed Agha | 1579 | Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served as grand vizier (1598–1599) |
| Damad Ibrahim Agha | 1579–1582 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served thrice as grand vizier (1596, 1596–1597, 1599–1601) |
| Serdar Ferhad Pasha | 1582 | Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served twice as grand vizier (1591–1592, 1595) |
| Payzen Frenk Yusuf Agha | 1582(?)–1584 | Promoted to beylerbey of Budin |
| Mehmed Agha | 1584 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia |
| Ayas Pashazade Mustafa Agha | 1585 | Promoted to beylerbey of Marash |
| Maraşlı Kara Mehmed Agha | 1585 | Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Rumelia |
| Hürrem Agha | 1585{?)–1587 | unknown |
| Halil Agha | 1587–1588 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia |
| Halil Agha | 1588–1589 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia |
| Hızır Agha | 1589 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia |
| Apostol Mahmud Agha | 1589–1590 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia |
| Saatçi Hasan Agha | 1590–1591 | Promoted to beylerbey and kaymakam |
| Satırçı Mehmed Agha | 1591–1592 | Promoted to beylerbey of Karaman, eventually served as grand vizier (1604–1606) |
| Bosnali Halil Agha | 1592 | unknown |
| Mahmud Agha | 1592–1594 | unknown |
| Yemişçi Hasan Agha | 1594–1595 | 1st tenure. Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Shirvan |
| Harami Ahmed Agha | 1595 | Promoted to beylerbey of Bosnia |
| Güzelce Mahmud Agha | 1595 | Promoted to beylerbey of Kars and kaymakam |
| Yemişçi Hasan Agha | 1595–1596 | 2nd tenure. Promoted to commander of Yerevan, eventually served as grand vizier (1601–1603) |
| Veli Agha | 1596 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia |
| Sarıkçı Mustafa Agha | 1596 | Promoted to beylerbey of Van |
| Tırnakçı Hasan Agha | 1596–1601 | Promoted to vizier and governor of Baghdad |
| Ali Agha | 1601–1603 | Dismissed |
| Deli Ferhad Agha | 1603 | Promoted to beylerbey of Damascus |
| Kasim Agha | 1603 | Promoted to vizier and kaymakam |
| Türk Koca Ahmed Agha | 1603–1604 | Promoted to Kapudan Pasha |
| Nakkaş Hasan Agha | 1604 | Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Rumelia |
| Silahdar Hüseyin Agha | 1604–1606 | Promoted to beylerbey of Aleppo |
| Maryol Hüseyin Agha | 1606–1607 | Promoted to beylerbey of Anatolia |
| Halil Agha | 1607–1609 | Promoted to Kapudan Pasha, eventually served as grand vizier (1616–1619) |
| Imrahor Ibrahim Agha | 1611(?)–1612 | Promoted to beylerbey of Yemen |
| Miralem Ismail Agha | 1612–1613(?) | Dismissed |
| Çukadar Ahmed Agha | 1613 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia |
| Mustafa Agha | 1613 | Promoted to beylerbey of Egypt |
| Ahmed Agha | 1613–1615 | |
| Mustafa Agha | 1615–1616 | Died in office |
| Sari Hüseyin Agha | 1616 | Promoted to beylerbey of Damascus |
| Ohrili Hüseyin Agha | 1616 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia |
| Nişancı Ahmed Agha | 1616 | Promoted to beylerbey of Egypt |
| Ali Agha | 1616 | Promoted to beylerbey of Bosnia |
| Hocazade Damadi Mustafa Agha | 1616–1618 | Promoted to beylerbey of Diyarbekir |
| Mirahor Ispartali Mustafa Agha | 1618–1619 | Promoted to beylerbey of Egypt |
| Bibershami Silahdar Yusuf Agha | 1619–1620 | Promoted to beylerbey of Aleppo |
| Niğdeli Softa Mustafa Agha | 1620–1621 | Promoted to Kapudan Pasha |
| Deveci Ali Agha | 1621–1622 | unknown |
| Kara Ali Agha | 1622 | Murdered by Janissaries |
| Deli Derviş Agha | 1622 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia |
| Berber Kara Mustafa Agha | 1622 | Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Egypt |
| Çeşteli Ali Agha | 1622–1623 | Promoted to beylerbey of Egypt |
| Bayram Agha | 1623 | Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Egypt, eventually served as grand vizier (1637–1638) |
| Hüsrev Agha | 1623–1626 | Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Diyarbekir, eventually served as grand vizier (1628–1631) |
| Ali Agha | 1626–1627 | Died in office |
| Demirkazık Halil Agha | 1627–1628 | Promoted to governor of Sivas |
| Mostarlı Mustafa Agha | 1628–1630 | Promoted to beylerbey of Damascus |
| Hacı Eyvad Süleyman Agha | 1630–1631 | Promoted to vizier and governor of Erzurum |
| Hasan Halife Agha | 1631–1632 | Murdered |
| Köse Mehmed Agha | 1632–1634 | Executed |
| Mehmed Agha | 1634–1635 | Promoted to governor of Karaman |
| Kemankeş Kara Mustafa Agha | 1635 | Promoted to Kapudan Pasha, eventually served as grand vizier (1638–1644) |
| Şahin Agha | 1635–1638 | Promoted to defterdar |
| Küçük Hasan Agha | 1638 | Promoted to governor of Baghdad |
| Rikabdar Bıyıklı Mustafa Agha | 1638–1640 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia |
| Silahdar Siyavuş Agha | 1640 | Promoted to Kapudan Pasha |
| Tekeli/Antalyali Mustafa Agha | 1640(?)–1642 | Promoted to governor of Erzurum |
| Bektaş Agha | 1642–1643 | Promoted to governor of Bursa |
| Hezargradi Voynuk Ahmed Agha | 1643–1644 | Promoted to beylerbey of Bosnia |
| Mirahor Salih Agha | 1644 | Promoted to vizier and chief defterdar, eventually served as grand vizier (1645–1647) |
| Rikabdar Şaban Agha/Pasha | 1644–1645 | Promoted to beylerbey of Marash |
| Musa Agha/Pasha | 1645 | Promoted to chief defterdar and Kapudan Pasha, eventually served as grand vizier (1647) |
| Pirinçcizade Ahmed Agha/Pasha | 1645–1646 | Promoted to governor of Biga |
| Debbağ Mehmed Agha | 1646–1647 | Promoted to beylerbey of Aleppo |
| Hamamcı Mehmed Agha | 1647 | Promoted to vizier |
| Hamzapaşazade Mehmed Agha/Pasha | 1647 | Promoted to vizier |
| Seyyid Emir Mehmed Efendi | 1647 | Promoted to beylerbey of Egypt |
| Küçük Çavuş Ahmed Agha | 1647–1648 | Exiled to Kütahya |
| Bostancıbaşı Ceyazirli Musa Agha | 1648 | Died in office |
| Emir Seleci Şerif Mustafa Agha | 1648 | Promoted to governor of Bolu and chief defterdar |
| Karagöz Mehmed Agha | 1648–1649 | Promoted to beylerbey of Egypt and defterdar |
| Kara Dev Murad Agha | 1649 | Promoted to Kapudan Pasha |
| Şahin Agha | 1649–1651 | Executed |
| Karahasan Aghazade Hüseyin Agha | 1651 | Promoted to governor of Kastamonu |
| Malatyali Rikabdar Süyman Agha | 1651–1653 | Promoted to governor of Malatya, eventually served as grand vizier (1655–1656) |
| Gürcü Mustafa Agha/Pasha | 1653 | Promoted to governor of Kanije |
| Kenan Agha/Pasha | 1653–1655 | Promoted to vizier and governor of Kanije |
| Mirahor Mehmed Agha | 1655–1656 | Dismissed |
| Ases Damadı Mehmed Agha | 1656 | Executed |
| Çukadar Boşnak Mahmud Agha | 1656 | Executed |
| Çetrefilzade Gürcü Hüseyin Agha/Pasha | 1656 | Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Diyarbakir |
| Sührap Mehmed Agha/Pasha | 1656–1657 | Promoted to vizier and governor of Sivas |
| Hoca Ali Agha | 1657–1658 | Executed |
| Kundakçizade Kanbur Mustafa Agha | 1658–1662 | Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Damascus |
| Salih Agha | 1662–1664 | Promoted to beylerbey of Damascus |
| Mustafa Agha | 1664 | Died in office while on campaign |
| Muharrem Agha | 1664 | Promoted to beylerbey of Anatolia |
| Çavuşbaşı ŞiŞman Ibrahim Agha | 1664–1665 | Promoted to governor of Belgrade |
| Arnavuduzun Ibrahim Agha/Pasha | 1665–1669 | Promoted to kaymakam |
| Abdi Agha/Pasha | 1669 | Promoted to vizier |
| Abdurrahman Agha/Pasha | 1669(?)–1674 | Promoted to vizier and governor of Baghdad |
| Kara Hasanzade Mustafa Agha | 1674–1678 | Promoted to kaymakam |
| Çelebi Ibrahim Agha/Pasha | 1678–1679 | Promoted to vizier and governor of Erzurum |
| Tekdurfağlı Beki Mustafa Agha/Pasha | 1679–1683 | 1st tenure. Promoted to vizier |
| Hadji Zülfikar Agha/Pasha | 1683–1686 | Promoted to dizdar (fortress commandant) of Chios |
| Çolak Hasan Agha | 1686 | Retired |
| Beki Mustafa Pasha | 1686–1687 | 2nd tenure. Promoted to dizdar of Boğaz Hisar fortress, eventually served as grand vizier (1688–1689) |
| Cadi Yusuf Agha | 1687 | Promoted to governor of Cidde |
| Cerrah Mustafa Agha | 1687–1688 | Promoted to dizdar of Sedd el Bahr fortress |
| Harputlu Hadji Ali Agha | 1688 | Executed |
| Darbakçı Ali agha | 1688 | Executed |
| Müezzinzade Hasan Agha/Pasha | 1688 | Promoted to vizier |
| Koca Mahmud Agha/Pasha | 1688–1689 | Promoted to vizier |
| Ebubekir Agha/Pasha | 1689–1690 | Promoted to governor of Niğbolu |
| Arabacı Kadi Ali Agha | 1690–1691 | Promoted to vizier and kaymakam, eventually served as grand vizier (1691–1692) |
| Çikoğlu Mehmed Agha | 1691 | Died in office |
| Eğinli Mehmed Agha | 1691 | Executed |
| Daltaban Mustafa Agha | 1691–1692 | Promoted to dizdar of Özi fortress, eventually served as grand vizier (1702–1703) |
| Çelebi Ismail Agha/Pasha | 1692–1693 | Promoted to beylerbey of Damascus |
| Gürcü Elhac Abdullah Agha | 1693–1694 | Promoted to dizdar of Belgrade fortress |
| Murad Agha/Pasha | 1694–1695 | Promoted to governor of Izmit |
| Çelebi Arec Yusuf Agha/Pasha | 1695 | Promoted to governor of Özi |
| Deli Baltazade Mahmud Agha | 1695–1697 | Died in office |
| Çelebi Ibrahim Agha/Pasha | 1697–1698 | Promoted to dizdar of Boğaz Hisar fortress |
| Kürd Ibrahim Agha | 1698–1701 | Promoted to governor of Mosul |
| Doğramacızade Mehmed Agha | 1701–1703 | Promoted to vizier and governor of Chania |
| Dellak Ali Agha | 1703 | Promoted to dizdar of Belgrade fortress |
| Arnavud Osman Agha | 1703 | Promoted to beylerbey of Damascus |
| Elhac Çalik Ahmed Agha | 1703 | Executed |
| Çelebi Mehmed Agha | 1703–1704 | 1st tenure |
| Boşnak Hasan Agha | 1704 | Promoted to governor of Hüdavendigâr (Bursa) |
| Tortumlu Ibrahim Agha | 1704–1705 | Retired |
| Çelebi Mehmed Agha | 1705–1706 | 2nd tenure. Promoted to kaymakam and vizier |
| Arnavud Osman Agha/Pasha | 1706–1707 | Died |
| Balli Mehmed Agha | 1707–1708 | Promoted to governor of Niğbolu |
| Koca Kara Mustafa Agha | 1708–1710 | 1st tenure. Banished to Gelibolu |
| Gürcü Yusuf Agha/Pasha | 1710–1711 | Promoted to grand vizier (1711–1712) |
| Çelebi Mehmed Agha/Pasha | 1711–1712 | 3rd tenure. Promoted to kaymakam |
| Koca Kara Mustafa Agha | 1712–1713 | 2nd tenure. Banished to Malkara |
| Arnavud Haci Deli Ebubekir Agha | 1713 | Promoted to vizier and governor of Kyustendil |
| Kürd Hasan Agha | 1713–1715 | Promoted to vizier and governor of Chania |
| Darbune Ebubekir Agha | 1715–1716 | Promoted to beylerbey of Erzurum |
| Bayraktar Zileli Hüseyin Agha/Pasha | 1716–1717 | Banished to Bihke |
| Ermeni Mehmed Agha | 1717–1718 | 1st tenure. Banished to Tekfurdağı |
| Muhsinzade Abdullah Agha/Pasha | 1718–1719 | Promoted to defterdar and beylerbey of the Morea |
| Findikzade Ahmed Agha | 1719 | Banished to Tekfurdağı |
| Ermeni Mehmed Agha | 1719–1724 | Died |
| Kethüda Hasan Agha | 1724–1730 | Banished to Rhodes |
| Sarrac Kel Mehmed Agha | 1730 | Dismissed |
| Muhsinzade Abdullah Agha/Pasha | 1730–1731 | Promoted to governor of Adana, eventually served as grand vizier (1737) |
| Şahin Mehmed Agha/Pasha | 1731 | Promoted to kaymakam and Kapudan Pasha |
| Köle Gürcü Ismail Agha/Pasha | 1731–1732 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia |
| Çelebi Kethüdabeyzade Abdülbaki Agha | 1732–1733 | Banished to Gelibolu |
| Altinci Mustafa Agha | 1733–1734 | Dismissed |
| Abdullah Agha/Pasha | 1734–1738 | Died |
| Deli Seyyid Hasan Agha/Pasha | 1738–1743 | Promoted to grand vizier (1743–1746) |
| Erzurumi Yazıcızade Elhac Ibrahim Agha | 1743–1745 | Promoted to vizier and governor of Erzurum |
| Malatyalı Ibrahim Agha/Pasha | 1745–1747 | Promoted to governor of Aydın |
| Kelleci Mustafa Agha | 1747–1748 | 1st tenure. Banished to Gelibolu |
| Hüseyin Agha | 1748 | Banished to Bursa |
| Hacı Hasan Agha | 1748–1750 | Promoted to governor of Khotyn |
| Kelleci Mustafa Agha | 1750 | 2nd tenure. Banished to Gelibolu |
| Deli Emir Seyyid Ahmed Agha | 1750 | Promoted to vizier and governor of Sidon |
| Darbunezade Seyyid Numan Agha | 1750–1751 | Banished to Erzurum |
| Macar Hacı Hasan Agha | 1751–1752 | Banished to Lemnos, eventually Kapudan Pasha |
| Sari Mustafa Agha | 1752–1755 | Promoted to kaymakam |
| Ahıskalı Mehmed Agha | 1755 | Banished to Manisa |
| Dibacızade Ibrahim Agha/Pasha | 1755–1757 | Promoted to kaymakam of the grand vizier |
| Kalafat Mehmed Pasha | 1770 | |
| Yeğen Mehmed Pasha | 1772–1774 | |
| İbrahim Hilmi Pasha | 1804–1806 | |