Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Turkish Yatagan. Need help, translate the text.

TVV · 25th November 2009, 04:46 PM

In my understanding, Agha in the Ottoman Empire was just a polite title, applied to pretty much every Muslim man of some age, not dissimilar to how we use "sir" nowadays. Most towns and villages probably had a Suliman Agha.
Regards,
Teodor

25th November 2009, 04:46 PM	#12
TVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,660	In my understanding, Agha in the Ottoman Empire was just a polite title, applied to pretty much every Muslim man of some age, not dissimilar to how we use "sir" nowadays. Most towns and villages probably had a Suliman Agha. Regards, Teodor