Kızlar Ağası
Kızlar Ağası ( Ottoman قيزلر اغاسی ' Agha of the Girls' , i. e. Concubines) or Darüssaade Ağası was the title of the highest black palace eunuch in the Ottoman Empire .
From the 16th century the Kızlar Ağası had the rank of pasha with three horse tails . The black head eunuchs were among the top bureaucrats of the Ottoman Empire.
Personalities
- Hacı Beşir Ağa was a politically extremely influential senior eunuch
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article. filozof.net, İslâm Ansiklopedisi
- ↑ Yılmaz Öztuna: Tarih ve Politika Ansiklopedisi (German: History and Politics Encyclopedia ). Ed .: Ötüken. 1st edition. 2006, ISBN 975-437-599-2 , p. 348 (Turkish)