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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 Refs
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

References

  1. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 400.
  2. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 401.
  3. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 402.
  4. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 403.
  5. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 404.
  6. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 405.
  7. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 406.
  8. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 407.
  9. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 408.
  10. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 409.
  11. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 410.
  12. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 411.
  13. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 412.
  14. Yıldız 2018, pp. 411, 412.
  15. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 413.
  16. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 414.
  17. Yıldız 2018, pp. 414, 415.
  18. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 415.
  19. Yıldız 2018, pp. 415, 416.
  20. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 416.
  21. ^ Yıldız 2018, p. 417.

Sources

  • Yıldız, Aysel (2018). "Commanders of the Janissary Army: The Janissary Ağas, Their Career and Promotion Patterns". In Georgios Theotokis; Aysel Yıldız (eds.). A Military History of the Mediterranean Sea: Aspects of War, Diplomacy, and Military Elites. Leiden and Boston: Brill. pp. 397–462. ISBN 978-90-04-31509-9.
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