List of Aghas of the Janissaries

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 Agha1515unknown[1]
Ferhad Agha1515–1517Promoted to beylerbey (governor-general) of Rumelia and vizier[1]
Ayas Mehmed Agha1517–1519(?)Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served as grand vizier (1536–1539)[1]
Kemal or Kemaleddin Agha1519Died in office[1]
Behrem Agha1519–1520Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia[1]
Bali Agha1521–1523Executed[1]
Mustafa Agha1523(?)–1525Executed[1]
Şücaadin Agha1525–1526Died in office[1]
Ismail Agha1526(?)Promoted to beylerbey[1]
Mehmed Agha1526(?)–1531Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia[1]
Güzelce Rüstem Agha1531–1533/4Promoted to beylerbey of Budin[1]
Silahdar Cafer Agha1533/4–1534Promoted to beylerbey of Damascus[2]
Mehmed Agha1534Promoted to beylerbey of Aleppo[2]
Kara Ahmed Agha1534–1541Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served as grand vizier (1553–1555)[2]
Temerrüd Ali Agha1541Promoted to beylerbey of Erzurum[2]
Ferhad Agha1541–1546/7unknown[2]
Semiz Ali Agha1546/7–1549Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served as grand vizier (1561–1565)[2]
Sinan Agha1549–1553unknown[2]
Iskender Agha1553(?)–1554(?)Possibly promoted to beylerbey of Egypt[2]
Pertev Mehmed Agha1554unknown[2]
Damad Ferhad Agha1554–1558Promoted to beylerbey of Kastamonu[2]
Shamsi Ahmed Agha1558–1561Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served as grand vizier (1579–1580)[2]
Hasan Agha1561–1563Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia[2]
Müezzinzade Ali Agha1563–1566Promoted to Kapudan Pasha[2]
Cafer Agha1566–1569Promoted to governor of Kütahya[3]
Siyavuş Agha1569–1570Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served thrice as grand vizier (1582–1584, 1586–1589, 1592–1593)[3]
Mustafa Agha1570–1575Died in office[3]
Cafer Agha1566–1569Promoted to governor of Kütahya[3]
Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Agha1575–1579Promoted to governor of Erzurum, eventually served as grand vizier (1596)[3]
Cerrah Mehmed Agha1579Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served as grand vizier (1598–1599)[3]
Damad Ibrahim Agha1579–1582Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served thrice as grand vizier (1596, 1596–1597, 1599–1601)[3]
Serdar Ferhad Pasha1582Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served twice as grand vizier (1591–1592, 1595)[3]
Payzen Frenk Yusuf Agha1582(?)–1584Promoted to beylerbey of Budin[3]
Mehmed Agha1584Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia[3]
Ayas Pashazade Mustafa Agha1585Promoted to beylerbey of Marash[4]
Maraşlı Kara Mehmed Agha1585Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Rumelia[4]
Hürrem Agha1585{?)–1587unknown[4]
Halil Agha1587–1588Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia[4]
Halil Agha1588–1589Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia[4]
Hızır Agha1589Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia[4]
Apostol Mahmud Agha1589–1590Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia[4]
Saatçi Hasan Agha1590–1591Promoted to beylerbey and kaymakam[4]
Satırçı Mehmed Agha1591–1592Promoted to beylerbey of Karaman, eventually served as grand vizier (1604–1606)[4]
Bosnalı Halil Agha1592unknown[4]
Mahmud Agha1592–1594unknown[4]
Yemişçi Hasan Agha1594–15951st tenure. Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Shirvan[4]
Harami Ahmed Agha1595Promoted to beylerbey of Bosnia[5]
Güzelce Mahmud Agha1595Promoted to belyerbey of Kars and kaymakam[5]
Yemişçi Hasan Agha1595–15962nd tenure. Promoted to commander of Yerevan, eventually served as grand vizier (1601–1603)[5]
Veli Agha1596Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia[5]
Sarıkçı Mustafa Agha1596Promoted to beylerbey of Van[5]
Tırnakçı Hasan Agha1596–1601Promoted to vizier and governor of Baghdad[5]
Ali Agha1601–1603Dismissed[5]
Deli Ferhad Agha1603Promoted to beylerbey of Damascus[5]
Kasim Agha1603Promoted to vizier and kaymakam[5]
Türk Koca Ahmed Agha1603–1604Promoted to Kapudan Pasha[5]
Nakkaş Hasan Agha1604Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Rumelia[6]
Silahdar Hüseyin Agha1604–1606Promoted to beylerbey of Aleppo[6]
Maryol Hüseyin Agha1606–1607Promoted to beylerbey of Anatolia[6]
Kayserili Halil Agha1607–1609Promoted to Kapudan Pasha, eventually served as grand vizier (1616–1619)[6]
Imrahor Ibrahim Agha1611(?)–1612Promoted to beylerbey of Yemen[6]
Miralem Ismail Agha1612–1613(?)Dismissed[6]
Çukadar Ahmed Agha1613Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia[6]
Mustafa Agha1613Promoted to beylerbey of Egypt[6]
Ahmed Agha1613–1615[6]
Mustafa Agha1615–1616Died in office[6]
Sari Hüseyin Agha1616Promoted to beylerbey of Damascus[7]
Ohrili Hüseyin Agha1616Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia[7]
Nişancı Ahmed Agha1616Promoted to beylerbey of Egypt[7]
Ali Agha1616Promoted to beylerbey of Bosnia[7]
Hocazade Damadi Mustafa Agha1616–1618Promoted to beylerbey of Diyarbekir[7]
Mirahor Ispartali Mustafa Agha1618–1619Promoted to beylerbey of Egypt[7]
Bibershami Silahdar Yusuf Agha1619–1620Promoted to beylerbey of Aleppo[7]
Niğdeli Softa Mustafa Agha1620–1621Promoted to Kapudan Pasha[7]
Deveci Ali Agha1621–1622unknown[7]
Kara Ali Agha1622Murdered by Janissaries[7]
Deli Derviş Agha1622Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia[8]
Berber Kara Mustafa Agha1622Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Egypt[8]
Çeşteli Ali Agha1622–1623Promoted to beylerbey of Egypt[8]
Bayram Çelebi Agha1623Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Egypt, eventually served as grand vizier (1637–1638)[8]
Hüsrev Agha1623–1626Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Diyarbekir, eventually served as grand vizier (1628–1631)[8]
Ali Agha1626–1627Died in office[8]
Demirkazık Halil Agha1627–1628Promoted to governor of Sivas[8]
Mostarlı Mustafa Agha1628–1630Promoted to beylerbey of Damascus[8]
Hacı Eyvad Süleyman Agha1630–1631Promoted to vizier and governor of Erzurum[8]
Hasan Halife Agha1631–1632Murdered[8]
Köse Mehmed Agha1632–1634Executed[8]
Mehmed Agha1634–1635Promoted to governor of Karaman[9]
Kemankeş Kara Mustafa Agha1635Promoted to Kapudan Pasha, eventually served as grand vizier (1638–1644)[9]
Şahin Agha1635–1638Promoted to defterdar[9]
Küçük Hasan Agha1638Promoted to governor of Baghdad[9]
Rikabdar Bıyıklı Mustafa Agha1638–1640Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia[9]
Silahdar Siyavuş Agha1640Promoted to Kapudan Pasha[9]
Tekeli/Antalyali Mustafa Agha1640(?)–1642Promoted to governor of Erzurum[9]
Bektaş Agha1642–1643Promoted to governor of Bursa[9]
Hezargradi Voynuk Ahmed Agha1643–1644Promoted to beylerbey of Bosnia[9]
Mirahor Salih Agha1644Promoted to vizier and chief defterdar, eventually served as grand vizier (1645–1647)[10]
Rikabdar Şaban Agha/Pasha1644–1645Promoted to beylerbey of Marash[10]
Musa Agha/Pasha1645Promoted to chief defterdar and Kapudan Pasha, eventually served as grand vizier (1647)[10]
Pirinçcizade Ahmed Agha/Pasha1645–1646Promoted to governor of Biga[10]
Debbağ Mehmed Agha1646–1647Promoted to beylerbey of Aleppo[10]
Hamamcı Mehmed Agha1647Promoted to vizier[10]
Hamzapaşazade Mehmed Agha/Pasha1647Promoted to vizier[10]
Seyyid Emir Mehmed Efendi1647Promoted to beylerbey of Egypt[10]
Küçük Çavuş Ahmed Agha1647–1648Exiled to Kütahya[10]
Bostancıbaşı Ceyazirli Musa Agha1648Died in office[10]
Emir Seleci Şerif Mustafa Agha1648Promoted to governor of Bolu and chief äefterdar[10]
Karagöz Mehmed Agha1648–1649Promoted to beylerbey of Egypt and defterdar[10]
Kara Dev Murad Agha1649Promoted to Kapudan Pasha[11]
Şahin Agha1649–1651Executed[11]
Karahasan Aghazade Hüseyin Agha1651Promoted to governor of Kastamonu[11]
Malatyali Rikabdar Süyman Agha1651–1653Promoted to governor of Malatya, eventually served as grand vizier (1655–1656)[11]
Gürcü Mustafa Agha/Pasha1653Promoted to governor of Kanije[11]
Kenan Agha/Pasha1653–1655Promoted to vizier and governor of Kanije[11]
Mirahor Mehmed Agha1655–1656Dismissed[11]
Ases Damadı Mehmed Agha1656Executed[11]
Çukadar Boşnak Mahmud Agha1656Executed[11]
Çetrefilzade Gürcü Hüseyin Agha/Pasha1656Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Diyarbakir[11]
Sührap Mehmed Agha/Pasha1656–1657Promoted to vizier and governor of Sivas[11]
Hoca Ali Agha1657–1658Executed[12]
Kundakçizade Kanbur Mustafa Agha1658–1662Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Damascus[12]
Salih Agha1662–1664Promoted to beylerbey of Damascus[12]
Mustafa Agha1664Died in office while on campaign[12]
Muharrem Agha1664Promoted to beylerbey of Anatolia[12]
Çavuşbaşı ŞiŞman Ibrahim Agha1664–1665Promoted to governor of Belgrade[12]
Arnavuduzun Ibrahim Agha/Pasha1665–1669Promoted to kaymakam[12]
Abdi Agha/Pasha1669Promoted to vizier[12]
Abdurrahman Agha/Pasha1669(?)–1674Promoted to vizier and governor of Baghdad[12]
Kara Hasanzade Mustafa Agha1674–1678Promoted to kaymakam[12]
Çelebi Ibrahim Agha/Pasha1678–1679Promoted to vizier and governor of Erzurum[12]
Tekdurfağlı Beki Mustafa Agha/Pasha1679–16831st tenure. Promoted to vizier
Hadji Zülfikar Agha/Pasha1683–1686Promoted to dizdar (fortress commandant) of Chios[13]
Çolak Hasan Agha1686Retired[13]
Beki Mustafa Pasha1686–16872nd tenure. Promoted to dizdar of Boğaz Hisar fortress, eventually served as grand vizier (1688–1689)[14]
Cadi Yusuf Agha1687Promoted to governor of Cidde[13]
Cerrah Mustafa Agha1687–1688Promoted to dizdar of Sedd el Bahr fortress[13]
Harputlu Hadji Ali Agha1688Executed[13]
Darbakçı Ali agha1688Executed[13]
Müezzinzade Hasan Agha/Pasha1688Promoted to vizier[13]
Koca Mahmud Agha/Pasha1688–1689Promoted to vizier[13]
Ebubekir Agha/Pasha1689–1690Promoted to governor of Niğbolu[13]
Arabacı Kadi Ali Agha1690–1691Promoted to vizier and kaymakam, eventually served as grand vizier (1691–1692)[15]
Çikoğlu Mehmed Agha1691Died in office[15]
Eğinli Mehmed Agha1691Executed[15]
Daltaban Mustafa Agha1691–1692Promoted to dizdar of Özi fortress, eventually served as grand vizier (1702–1703)[15]
Çelebi Ismail Agha/Pasha1692–1693Promoted to beylerbey of Damascus[15]
Gürcü Elhac Abdullah Agha1693–1694Promoted to dizdar of Belgrade fortress[15]
Murad Agha/Pasha1694–1695Promoted to governor of Izmit[15]
Çelebi Arec Yusuf Agha/Pasha1695Promoted to governor of Özi[15]
Deli Baltazade Mahmud Agha1695–1697Died in office[15]
Çelebi Ibrahim Agha/Pasha1697–1698Promoted to dizdar of Boğaz Hisar fortress[16]
Kürd Ibrahim Agha1698–1701Promoted to governor of Mosul[16]
Doğramacızade Mehmed Agha1701–1703Promoted to vizier and governor of Chania[16]
Dellak ali Agha1703Promoted to dizdar of Belgrade fortress[16]
Ağa Yusuf Pasha 1710–1711
Köle İsmail Pasha1731–1732
Seyyid Hasan Pasha1738–1743
Kalafat Mehmed Pasha1770
Yeğen Mehmed Pasha1772–1774
İbrahim Hilmi Pasha1804–1806

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.

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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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