page_title: Agha (title)
hierarchical_section_title: Agha (title)
caption_attribution_description: English: It is identified as an 18th Century engraving. Plainly public domain as far as US law is concerned url: http://au.encarta.msn.com/media_121628134_761578556_-1_1/Janissary.html
context_page_description: Agha, also Aga, is an honorific title for a civilian or military officer, or often part of such title, and was placed after the name of certain civilian or military functionaries in the Ottoman Empire. At the same time some court functionaries were entitled to the agha title.
context_section_description: Agha, also Aga (Ottoman Turkish: آغا‎, Persian: آقا‎ āghā "chief, master, lord"), is an honorific title for a civilian or military officer, or often part of such title, and was placed after the name of certain civilian or military functionaries in the Ottoman Empire. At the same time some court functionaries were entitled to the agha title.
caption: The Agha of the Janissaries
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