Agha of the Janissaries

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Ottoman title command position military office

Agha of the Janissaries was the title of the commander-in-chief of the Ottoman Empire’s elite Janissary infantry corps, one of the most powerful military and political offices in the empire.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Agha of the Janissaries canonical	2
Ağa of the Janissaries	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ottoman title ⓘ command position ⓘ military office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	Sultan of the Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Ottoman centralization of power ⓘ devshirme system ⓘ
authorityOver	Janissary barracks ⓘ Janissary discipline ⓘ deployment of Janissary units ⓘ
commanderOf	Janissaries NERFINISHED ⓘ Janissary corps NERFINISHED ⓘ Janissary infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
dissolvedWith	Auspicious Incident NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1826 ⓘ
hasRole	commander-in-chief of the Janissary corps ⓘ court official ⓘ guardian of the Sultan ⓘ maintainer of order in the capital ⓘ military leadership ⓘ participant in imperial ceremonies ⓘ political influence ⓘ
hierarchicalSuperior	Sultan of the Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	14th century ⓘ
location	Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ Topkapi Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	Ottoman imperial council NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	Janissaries NERFINISHED ⓘ Kapıkulu infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman court hierarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman military hierarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalPower	ability to pressure the Sultan ⓘ influence over state policy ⓘ
positionHeldBy	high-ranking Ottoman military officer ⓘ
positionInHierarchy	one of the highest military offices in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ one of the most powerful political offices in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
replacedBy	commanders of the new Ottoman regular army ⓘ
residence	Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	involved in Janissary revolts ⓘ involved in succession struggles ⓘ played key role in palace coups ⓘ
timePeriod	classical period of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
usedIn	Ottoman administration NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman military NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Janissary Agha → hasAlternativeName → Agha of the Janissaries ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ağa of the Janissaries

Serasker → predecessorRole → Agha of the Janissaries ⓘ