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Originally Posted by gp
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Aga or Agha was also a honorific title or name given to respected men, who were not to be addressed with Beg / Bey or Effendi for one reason or another in the Ottoman Empire.
So not always a reference to a military rank or position of the owner
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Besides the inscription, there are many other reasons to believe that the yatagan belonged to a Janissar
In a literal translation, it can also be translated as older brother
