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Agha (or '''Aga''') from Turkish Agha ‘leader’, ‘ruler’. Title for a civil or military officer, or often part of such title. As a title it was placed after the name of the certain military functionaries at the same time some Court functionaries were entitled to the agha title. MILITARY TITLES In the s, Besli s, and janissaries. This designation was given to commanders of smaller military units too, for instance the Bulyuk Agha , Odzsak Agha : the commander of a bulyuk and odzsak both meaning troops. CIVILIAN TITLES
OTHER USES Agha is both title and family name in Pakistan and Afghanistan . HONORIFIC Pakistan 's former President Yahya Khan also had Agha as the hereditary title. In usage, the title followed the given name. Although the word serves as a non-hereditary title, English-speakers have commonly used ''Agha'' as if it formed part of a personal name, as for instance in Mohammad Agha. SOURCES AND REFERENCES (incomplete) |
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