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- noun Plural form of
agha .
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The aghas ruled with the aid of the Janissary council (divan) until 1671, when the corsair captains replaced the rule of the agha with that of a dey elected by them, and from 1689, by the Janissaries.
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One would expect that people who had adopted a religion under these impulses would be even more uncompromising than the usual convert, and indeed, as a general rule, the ex-Christian begs and aghas displayed until recent times not only
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Henry Baerlein 1917
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Thereupon the Sultan instantly ordered some of his aghas and soldiers to go and fetch Ala-ed-Din, pinioned and shackled.
Appendix. The Story of Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp: Paras. 75-103. 1909
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One day of the days the mother of Ala-ed-Din went forth about sunset to the market to buy oil and beheld all the bazars closed, and the whole city deserted, and the people were putting candles and flowers in their windows; and she saw troops and guards and cavalcades of aghas, and lamps and lustres flaming.
Appendix. The Story of Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp: Paras. 25-49. 1909
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When Ala-ed-Din heard the words of the aghas and soldiers, wonder took hold of him, and his tongue became tied, for he understood not the cause of this.
Appendix. The Story of Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp: Paras. 75-103. 1909
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So the aghas and soldiers proceeded till they came upon Ala-ed-Din, whom they thus addressed: Chastise us not, O our master Ala-ed-Din, for the Sultan hath commanded us to take thee chained and pinioned.
Appendix. The Story of Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp: Paras. 75-103. 1909
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And when he arrived at the palace, and the emirs and aghas and guards who were drawn up in waiting saw him, they hastened immediately to the Sultan and apprised him.
Appendix. The Story of Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp: Paras. 50-74. 1909
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So she told him about all the decorations she had noticed in the town when she went to buy oil, and how the aghas and grandees of the state were drawn up waiting for the Wezirs son to come forth from the bath, and how this was his nuptial night.
Appendix. The Story of Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp: Paras. 25-49. 1909
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And when the aghas and chamberlains and officers of the army saw them, wonder gat hold of them and they were amazed at this sight, the like of which they had never witnessed in all their born days, above all, such damsels, every one of whom would turn the head of an anchorite.
Appendix. The Story of Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp: Paras. 50-74. 1909
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Then the aghas chained Ala-ed-Din and manacled him and bound him with irons and led him to the city.
Appendix. The Story of Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp: Paras. 75-103. 1909
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