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AGHA (AH-guh)
Used
as a title for a civil or military leader, especially in Turkey.
Common
clues: Eastern potentate; Turkish
title; Turkish bigwig; Ottoman pooh-bah; Muslim honorific
Related
crosswordese: AGA
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Agha
(or Aga) from Turkish Agha ‘leader’, ‘ruler’.
Title for a civil or military officer, or often part of such
title. As a title it was placed after the name of the certain
military functionaries at the same time some Court functionaries
were entitled to the agha title.
Crimean
Agha Dedesh, portraited in 1664 for king John II Casimir by
Daniel Schultz.
In
the Ottoman Empire, commanders of the different branches of
military services were called aghas, i.e., azap agha, besli agha,
janissary agha: the commanders of azaps, beslis, and janissaries.
This
designation was given to commanders of smaller military units
too, for instance the bulyuk agha, odzsak agha: the commander of
a bulyuk and odzsak both meaning troops.
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AGHA
(155) 49 We- >1 05 Turkish title AMIR EMIR
16
We- >1 08 Turkish honorific
9
We >1 02 Turkish bigwig
7
We >1 07 Turkish VIP
6
We- >1 04 Turkish official
5
Th+ >1 08 Muslim honorific HAJI
5
We- >1 01 Turkish potentate
4
Tu- >1 99 ___ Khan AYUB
4
Th+ >1 05 Ottoman bigwig
4
Th- CSy 08 Ottoman pooh-bah
4
Tu >1 93 Turkish chief
3
Th+ >1 00 Turkish general
3
Tu+ NYT 03 Turkish leader
01
Eastern potentate AMIR EMIR RAJA
2
Th >1 99 Muslim title AMIR IMAM SIDI
2
Fr LAT 02 Mohammad Khan, for one
2
Th- >1 99 One of the Khans
2
Sa- >1 04 Ottoman honorific
2
We NYT 94 Turkish V.I.P.
1
Th NYT 97 Mideast title EMIR IMAM
1
Th NYT 98 Foreign title EMIR
1
We LAT 96 A kahn
1
We Jon 03 Big Turk
1
Sa NYT 05 Eastern panjandrum
1
Th NYT 98 Eastern pooh-bah
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