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 |
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Yakub Agha | 1515 | unknown | |
Ferhad Agha | 1515–1517 | ||
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 | ||
Silahdar Cafer Agha | 1533/4–1534 | ||
Mehmed Agha | 1534 | ||
1534–1541 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served as grand vizier (1553–1555) | ||
Temerrüd Ali Agha | 1541 | ||
Ferhad Agha | 1541–1546/7 | unknown | |
1546/7–1549 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served as grand vizier (1561–1565) | ||
Sinan Agha | 1549–1553 | unknown | |
Iskender Agha | 1553(?)–1554(?) | ||
Pertev Mehmed Agha | 1554 | unknown | |
Damad Ferhad Agha | 1554–1558 | ||
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 | |
1563–1566 | |||
Cafer Agha | 1566–1569 | ||
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 | ||
1575–1579 | Promoted to governor of Erzurum, eventually served as grand vizier (1596) | ||
1579 | Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served as grand vizier (1598–1599) | ||
1579–1582 | Promoted to beylerbey of Rumelia, eventually served thrice as grand vizier (1596, 1596–1597, 1599–1601) | ||
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 | ||
Maraşlı Kara Mehmed Agha | 1585 | Promoted to vizier and beylerbey of Rumelia | |
Hürrem Agha | 1585Sources
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