List of Janissary Aghas explained

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.

NameTenure
as Agha
FateRefs
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 1585

Sources

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