Janissary Agha

E103203

Ottoman court title Ottoman military office military commander

The Janissary Agha was the chief commander of the Ottoman Empire’s elite Janissary corps, holding one of the most powerful military and political posts in the empire.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Yeniçeri Ağası	2
Janissary Agha canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ottoman court title ⓘ Ottoman military office ⓘ military commander ⓘ
abolishedBy	Mahmud II ⓘ surface form: Sultan Mahmud II
abolishedIn	1826 ⓘ
abolishedWith	destruction of the Janissary corps ⓘ
appointedBy	Sultan ⓘ
commanderOf	Janissaries ⓘ surface form: Janissary corps
couldBeDismissedBy	Sultan ⓘ
couldInfluence	appointment of high officials ⓘ succession politics in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
country	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
hadAuthorityOver	Janissary officers ⓘ Janissary soldiers ⓘ
hadJurisdictionOver	Janissary barracks ⓘ Janissary markets and guilds ⓘ
hadPoliticalInfluence	Ottoman authorities ⓘ surface form: Ottoman central government
hadResidenceNear	Janissary barracks in Istanbul ⓘ
hadSymbol	distinctive Janissary standards ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Agha of the Janissaries ⓘ Agha of the Janissaries ⓘ surface form: Ağa of the Janissaries Janissary Agha ⓘ surface form: Yeniçeri Ağası
hasPositionIn	Janissaries ⓘ surface form: Janissary corps
heldOfficeAt	Topkapi Palace ⓘ surface form: Topkapı Palace
heldRank	Agha ⓘ
languageOfName	Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
memberOf	Ottoman court ⓘ surface form: Ottoman imperial court Armed forces of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ surface form: Ottoman military hierarchy
oversaw	Janissary finances ⓘ Janissary internal justice ⓘ Janissary recruitment ⓘ
participatedIn	imperial council of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ surface form: Ottoman imperial council
partOf	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
playedRoleIn	palace coups ⓘ suppression of rebellions in the capital ⓘ
rankedAs	chief commander of the Janissaries ⓘ
relatedToEvent	Auspicious Incident ⓘ
reportedDirectlyTo	Sultan ⓘ
responsibleFor	deployment of the Janissary corps ⓘ discipline of the Janissary corps ⓘ protection of the Sultan ⓘ security of the imperial capital ⓘ training of the Janissary corps ⓘ
timePeriod	classical and early modern Ottoman period ⓘ
usedTitle	Agha ⓘ surface form: Ağa
wasFollowedBy	new command structures of the reformed Ottoman army ⓘ
wasOften	one of the most powerful figures in the empire ⓘ
wasPrecededBy	earlier commanders of the Sultan’s household troops ⓘ
wasSubordinateTo	Ottoman sultan ⓘ surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
wasTitleFor	head of the Janissary corps ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Janissaries → commandTitle → Janissary Agha ⓘ

Aga of the Janissaries → usedTitle → Janissary Agha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yeniçeri Ağası

Janissary Agha → hasAlternativeName → Janissary Agha ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yeniçeri Ağası