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Ağa
Ağa is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Mustapha Aga, Ottoman Empire ambassador to the Swedish Court *Osman Aga of Temesvar, Ottoman army officer *Sedefkar Mehmed Agha, Ottoman architect of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque *Suleiman Aga, Ottoman Empire ambassador to the French king Louis XIV *Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Aga, Turkish historian *Yakup Ağa, Ottoman cavalry knight *Zaro Aga, claimed to be one of the longest-lived humans in the history of mankind See also *Firuz Ağa Mosque *Agha (Ottoman Empire) {{DEFAULTSORT:Aga Turkish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Aga
* Silahtar (Disambiguation) Silahdar Fındıklılı Mehmed Ağa (7 December 1658– 1726–27 ) was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman historian, serving under sultans Mehmed IV, Suleiman II of the Ottoman Empire, Suleiman II, Ahmed II, Mustafa II and Ahmed III. Early life Silahdar Fındıklılı Mehmed Ağa was born on 7 December 1658 in the district of Fındıklı, Beyoğlu, Fındıklı in Galata, Mehmed Ağa, who entered the palace at a young age, was brought up under the patronage of Baş Musahib Şahin Ağa at the time. He was included in Hasbahçe gardeners on 9 February 1674 and then as page in the privy chamber. He rose to higher positions in a short time, serving under sultan Mehmed IV. Campaigns Mehmed Ağa personally participated in the Vienna Expedition in 1683 and expressed the troubles that were taken after he left the army with his army. In 1688, Witnessing Mehmed IV's dismissal and rebellion of janissaries, Mehmed Ağa, the new sultan. He was in his service at the ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firuz Ağa Mosque
The Firuz Ağa Mosque () is a 15th-century Ottoman mosque in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was built by Firuz Ağa, the head treasurer of Sultan Beyazıt II. The marble sarcophagus of Firuz Ağa is located in the mosque complex. The mosque is located in the historical center of the city of Istanbul, on the Divanyolu Street, close to other prominent historical landmarks, Sultanahmet Mosque, Aya Sofya and Basilica Cistern The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica (, or , "Subterranean Cistern" or "Subterranean Palace"), is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul, Turkey. The cistern, located southwest of the Hagi .... References Firuz Ağa Mosqueat Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality website External links * 1490s establishments in the Ottoman Empire Fatih Mosque buildings with domes in Turkey Buildings and structures completed in 1491 Mosques completed in the 1490s Ottoman mosques in Istanbul Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaro Aga
Zaro Aga (; ) was a Kurdish man who claimed to be one of the longest-living persons ever. He claimed birth on 16 February 1774 in Mutki, and died on 29 June 1934 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was allegedly aged 160 when he died, and thus claimed to be one of the longest-living persons ever. Debate There is ongoing debate as to his actual age when he died. According to the death certificate provided by his Turkish doctor, Zaro Aga's age was 157. He died in Istanbul, although some confusion about the place of death exists, likely due to the fact that the body was sent to the US right after his death. However, an investigative report published by Walter Bowerman in 1939 indicated that Zaro Aga was around 97, not 157. Biography Aga was born in Medan village (present-day Meydan) in Mutki (then in the Ottoman Empire), worked as a construction worker when he was young, and then moved to Istanbul, where he worked as a porter and finally retired as a janitor. He was a major attraction to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osman Aga Of Temesvar
Osman Ağa of Temeşvar (; 1670–1725) was an Ottoman army officer, historian, and travel writer, as well as one of the few Turkish-language autobiographers of the era. The former prisoner-of-war wrote mostly of his adventures - and imprisonment - in Habsburg Austria. His autobiography was the sole Ottoman Turkish example of its kind. Life Osman was born in Temeşvar (Timișoara), Temeşvar Eyalet (now in western Romania), probably in a family of Ottoman Serbian origin. He spoke German and Serbo-Croatian (South Slavic). Temesvár was inhabited by Romanians, Southern Slavs (Serbs), and Hungarians at the time and had been conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1552. Osman Aga was a low-ranking army officer in Temesvár who excelled in learning foreign languages and equitation. After the unsuccessful Siege of Vienna in 1683, the tide turned and the Holy League of European nations began to force the Ottomans out of Hungary during the Great Turkish War between 1683–1699. Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sedefkar Mehmed Agha
Sedefkar Mehmed Agha or Sedefqar Mehmeti of Elbasan ( Modern Turkish: ''Sedefkâr Mehmet Ağa'', Albanian: ''Sedefqar Mehmeti Aga Elbasanit'', about 1540–1617) was an Ottoman architect, notably the builder of Sultan Ahmed Mosque (the "Blue Mosque") in Istanbul. Biography Sedefkar Mehmed was Albanian. His birthplace and birthdate are uncertain, but he is thought to have been born in the area of Elbasan or in Kalkandelen (modern Tetovo). In Elbasan, forty fountains were built by him. He was brought to Istanbul in 1563 as a "Devshirme" to join the janissary corps or palace schools. After six years as a cadet (''acemioğlan'') he began the study of music. During a period of twenty years he specialized with inlay in mother-of-pearl, giving him the surname ''Sedefkâr'' (worker in mother-of-pearl). Later he also switched to architecture. He became a pupil of architect Mimar Sinan, Turkey's most celebrated architect,Mehmed Aga in Encyclopædia Britannica online,LINK becoming hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustapha Aga
Kozbekçi Mustafa Agha, known as Mustapha Aga in Sweden, was an Ottoman ambassador to the Swedish court in 1727. One of his missions was to obtain a repayment of a royal debt which had been incurred by Charles XII of Sweden Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII () or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.), was King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of ..., but he failed in his mission. He was painted smoking nargile by George Engelhardt Schroeder (1684–1750).Imber, p.53 He was succeeded by Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Efendi in his role as ambassador. Notes References * Colin Imber, Keiko Kiyotaki, Rhoads Murphey ''Frontiers of Ottoman studies: state, province, and the West'' I.B.Tauris, 2005 Ambassadors of the Ottoman Empire to Sweden Political people from the Ottoman Empire Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 18th-century civil servants f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suleiman Aga
Müteferrika Süleyman Ağa, known as Suleiman Aga and Soleiman Agha in France, was an Ottoman ambassador to the French king Louis XIV in 1669. When Suleiman visited Versailles, he wore a simple wool coat and refused to bow to Louis XIV, who immediately banished him from Versailles to Paris. In Paris, Suleiman set up a house where he was credited for introducing coffee drinking to the Parisian society, with waiters dressed in Ottoman style, starting the fashion for coffee-drinking. Suleiman invited Parisian society women to his home for extravagant "coffee ceremonies", which were imitated throughout Parisian high society. Suleiman's activities in Paris were a trigger for the popularity of Turquerie and Orientalism in early modern France, in which Turkish fashions of the time such as turbans and caftans and decorations such as carpets and cushions became highly popular. The first French coffee shop, the Café Procope, opened in 1689, 17 years after Suleiman's famed visit. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakup Ağa
Yakup Ağa () or Ebu Yusuf Nurullah Yakub (), was the father of the Barbarossa Brothers, Oruç and Hızır. He was a Sipahi of Turkishİsmail Hâmi Danişmend, ''Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı'', pp. 172 ff. Türkiye Yayınevi (Istanbul), 1971.''Khiḍr was one of four sons of a Turk from the island of Lesbos.'', "Barbarossa", ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 1963, p. 147.Angus Konstam, ''Piracy: The Complete History'', Osprey Publishing, 2008, , p. 80. or Albanian descent from Yenice (modern Greek city of Yanitsa). Yakup was among those who took part in the capture of the Aegean island of Lesbos from the Genoese on behalf of the Ottomans in 1462. For his participation he was granted the fief of Bonova village of the island as a reward and the title of the village's Agha (master). In Lesbos Yakup married a local Christian Greek woman from Mytilene, the widow of an Eastern Orthodox priestDie Seeaktivitäten der muslimischen Beutefahrer als Bestandteil der staatlichen Flotte während de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agha (Ottoman Empire)
Agha (; ; ; "chief, master, lord") is an honorific title for a civilian or officer, or often part of such title. In the Ottoman times, some court functionaries and leaders of organizations like bazaar or the janissary units were entitled to the ''agha'' title. In rural communities, this term is used for people who own considerable lands and are influential in their community. Regardless of a rural community, this title is also used for any man who is influential or respected. Etymology The word ''agha'' entered English from Turkish, and the Turkish word comes from the Old Turkic ''aqa'', meaning "elder brother". It is an equivalent of Mongolian word ''aqa'' or ''aka''. Other uses "Agha" is nowadays used as a common Persian honorific title for men, the equivalent of "mister" in English. The corresponding honorific term for women is khanum which is also of Turkic origin. However, the title is considered a baron in comparison to European nobility.Imperial, royal and noble r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
