19th-century depiction of the Chief Black Eunuch (left), a court dwarf (middle) and the Chief White Eunuch (right)
The Kapi Agha (Turkish: Kapı ağası, "Agha of the Gate"), formally called the Agha of the Gate of Felicity (Bâbüssaâde ağası), was the head of the eunuch servants of the Ottoman Seraglio until the late 16th century, when this post was taken over by the Kizlar Agha.[1] In juxtaposition with the latter office, also known as the Chief Black Eunuch as its holders were drawn from Black African slaves, the Kapi Agha is also known as the Chief White Eunuch.
The KapiAgha (Turkish: Kapı ağası, "Agha of the Gate"), formally called the Agha of the Gate of Felicity (Bâbüssaâde ağası), was the head of the eunuch...
chambers making up the palace's Inner Service (Enderûn) under the KapiAgha. The Silahdar Agha's duties in the palace involved handling all communications to...
"chief black eunuch" quickly eclipsed the "chief white eunuch" or kapı ağası "agha of the gate", who had hitherto been the head of the palace personnel...
sultans' mothers List of Ottoman sultans' consorts Kizlar Agha Inner Palace Service KapiAgha Palace Schools Central (Porte) Provincial Eyalets Beylerbeys...
"had closer contact with the pages of the privy chamber, the kapiagha, the kizlar agha or with other courtiers than he did with the Grand Vizier, and...
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The chief black eunuch was known as the Kizlar Agha, and the chief white eunuch was known as the KapiAgha. Murad took great interest in the arts, particularly...
Ese Kapi Mosque (Turkish: Ese Kapı Mescidi or Hadim Ibrahim Pasha Mescidi, where mescit is the Turkish word for a small mosque), also "Isa Kapi Mosque"...
sultans' mothers, was originally responsible to the KapiAgha, but after the 17th century to the Kizlar Agha. The latter often used educated members of the...
to counterbalance them, Bayezid began sending trusted chief eunuchs (kapiaghas) to important provincial governorships. Mesih's diplomatic credentials...
authority. This is like "azap agha" for the commanders of azaps, "besli agha" for the commanders of besli, "janissary agha" for the commanders of janissary...
valide sultan. The Kizlar Agha (Kızlarağası, also known as the "Chief Black Eunuch" because of the Nilotic origin of most aghas) was the head of the eunuchs...
renovation) in 1777 at the end of the bazaar, funded by Mourabit Hadji Moustafa Agha and his wife. It was located on the hill of the citadel in what is today...
"gates". These may be further subdivided into "four gates, forty levels" (Dört Kapı Kırk Makam). The first gate (religious law) is considered elementary (and...
garden most of what a visitor sees today is fairly new. The Middle Gate (Orta Kapı) leading into the compound has been sealed since the then Patriarch was hanged...
conquered".: 661 Contemporary Ottoman historian Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Agha (1658–1723) described the battle as an enormous defeat and failure for the...
Among the companies active in the city there are couple big companies as "Kapis Tomislavgrad","Kamensko d.o.o."and some transport and construction companies...
City Year Opened Year Closed Notes Ref. Eski Mosque Bab Gedid Mosque, Yeni Kapı Mosque Kos 1586 or 1777 1933 Built some years after the island's conquest...
fought for preeminence, and the state had recently become a dependency of Kapis. The country produced upland rice and sugar cane, and it had much wood but...
Among the companies active in the city there are couple big companies as "Kapis Tomislavgrad","Kamensko d.o.o."and some transport and construction companies...
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