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Ağa is a Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *
Mustapha Aga Kozbekçi Mustafa Ağa, known as Mustapha Aga in Sweden, was an Ottoman ambassador to the Swedish court in 1727. One of his missions was to obtain a repayment of a royal debt which had been incurred by Charles XII of Sweden, but he failed in his ...
, Ottoman Empire ambassador to the Swedish Court *
Osman Aga of Temesvar Osman Ağa of Temeşvar ( tr, Temeşvarlı Osman Ağa; 1670–1725) was an Ottoman army officer and one of the few Turkish-language autobiographers of the era. The former prisoner-of-war wrote mostly about his adventures in Habsburg Austria, an ...
, Ottoman army officer *
Sedefkar Mehmed Agha Sedefkar Mehmed Agha Biçakçiu or Sedefqar Mehmeti of Elbasan (Modern Turkish: ''Sedefkâr Mehmet Ağa'', about 1540–1617) is recorded as the Ottoman architect of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (the "Blue Mosque") in Istanbul. Biography Mehmed Agh ...
, Ottoman architect of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque *
Suleiman Aga Müteferrika Süleyman Ağa, known as Suleiman Aga and Soleiman Agha in France, was an Ottoman Empire ambassador to the French king Louis XIV in 1669. Suleiman visited Versailles, but only wore a simple wool coat and refused to bow to Louis XIV, ...
, Ottoman Empire ambassador to the French king Louis XIV *
Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Aga Silahdar Fındıklılı Mehmed Ağa (7 December 1658– 1726–27 ) was an Ottoman historian, serving under sultans Mehmed IV, Suleiman II, Ahmed II, Mustafa II and Ahmed III. Early life Silahdar Fındıklılı Mehmed Ağa was born on 7 De ...
, Turkish historian *
Yakup Ağa Yakup Ağa ( ota, یعقوب آغا) or Ebu Yusuf Nurullah Yakub ( ota, ابو یوسف نورالله یعقوب), was the father of the Barbarossa Brothers, Oruç and Hızır. A Sipahi of Turkishİsmail Hâmi Danişmend, ''Osmanlı Devlet Er ...
, Ottoman cavalry knight *
Zaro Aga Zaro Aga ( tr, Zaro Ağa, ku, زارۆ ئاغا) was a Turkish-Kurd who claimed to be one of the longest-living persons ever. He claimed his birth on 16 February 1764, and died on 29 June 1934 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was allegedly aged 170 whe ...
, claimed to be one of the longest-lived humans in the history of mankind *Aga, The driver of the White horse of Athens *


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Firuz Ağa Mosque The Firuz Ağa Mosque ( tr, Firuz Ağa Camii) is a 15th-century Ottoman mosque in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was built by Firuz Ağa, the head treasurer of Sultan Beyazıt II Bayezid II ( ota, بايزيد ثانى, Bāyezīd-i ...
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Agha (Ottoman Empire) Agha ( tr, ağa; ota, آغا; fa, آقا, āghā; "chief, master, lord") is an honorific title for a civilian or officer, or often part of such title. In the Ottoman times, some court functionaries and leaders of organizations like bazaar or ...
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