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unusual facts about Agha


Mir-Fatah-Agha

Paskevich’s departure to Warsaw and bad relations with subsequent governor generals forced him to return to Tabriz in 1845.


Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan

Mr Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan participated in Training Course on Judicial Ethics organised by Royal Institute of Public Administration (RIPA), London in June 2009 Also, he visited Morocco in 2010 after an official invitation and met the Chief Justice of Morocco and Minister of Law & Justice .

Gasim bey Zakir

His grand grandfather Kazim-agha was the brother of Panah Ali khan – the founder of and the Karabakh khanate and its capital Shusha.

Hasan Agha

Hasan Agha or Hadım Hassan Ağa, also Hassan the eunuch ("Agha" means "Officer"), was a Italian renegade from Sardinia and effective ruler of the Regency of Algiers from 1533 to 1545.

Hazrat Sakhi Shah Chan Charagh

The Minbar at Darbar has been graced by notable scholars from Allama Mirza Yousaf Hussain, Hafiz Kifayat Hussain, Syed Azhar Hassan Zaidi, Hafiz Aashiq Hussain, to illustrious modern luminaries like Mohsin Naqvi, Allama Talib Johri, Agha Naseem Abbas and Allama Ghazanfar Abbas Tonsvi as the ace cynosure delivering three ashraas a year.

Huseyn Arablinski

His other stage roles Shah (Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar by A.Hagverdiyev), Khlestakov (The Government Inspector by N.Gogol), Heydar bey (Haji Gara by M.F.Akhundov), Othello (Othello by W.Shakespeare), etc.

Ibrahim Heski

British author and adventurer Rosita Forbes described him as the hero of the region was a wild and gallant freebooter called Ibrahim Agha Huske Tello.

Jafargulu agha Javanshir

Jafargulu Agha was especially distinguished during the Russo-Persian War on 1804-1813, when he destroyed Iranians under Ordubad and Qafan, in 1806, by commanding horse cavalry of Karabakh.

Nevertheless, Jafargulu Agha’s uncle major-general Mehdigulu khan was promoted to khan of Karabakh “for political reasons” by a supreme order, after murder of Ibrahimkhalil khan, by lieutenant-colonel Lisanevich in 1806.

Kargil district

At least until recently, some Kargilis, especially those of the Agha families descendants of Syed preachers who were in a direct line descent from the Prophet Muhammad, were sent to Iraq for their education.

Khurshid Anwar Jilani

His legacy is survived by writers, military officers and entrepreneurs; son, Ahmed Javed Jilani, former president Lahore High Court Bar, son, Col(rtd) Ahmad Taufiq Jilani, Punjab Regiment (Lahore), daughter, Farzana Agha Jilani (Islamabad), son, Tauqir Jilani, (founder of VideoShack & Jilani Motoronics Co) in California, and son, Major Tahir Mahmood Jilani, a military pilot flying a Bird Dog L-19, went missing in action in 1970 over river Indus.

Mahmud Salah

Mahmud Salah performed with such renowned Azerbaijani traditional musicians, as a famous khanende (traditional singer), khanendes Arif Babayev, UNESCO prize winner Alim Qasimov, Janali Akberov, Aghakhan Abdullayev and Sakine Ismailova, professors and assistant professor of Azerbaijan National Conservatoire, tar performers Ramiz Quliyev, Agha Salim Addullayev, Mohlat Muslimov, Malik Mansurov, kamancha performers Shafiga Eyvazova, Adalat Vazirov, Fahraddin Dadashev, Elshan Mansourov.

Malik National Museum of Iran

The building and its contents were donated by Haj Hossein Agha Malek to the Astan Quds Razavi.

Mohammad Khan Qajar

Agha Muhammad was assassinated in 1797 in the city of Shusha, the capital of Karabakh khanate, less than 3 years in power.

Muhammad A. Agha

Born in the coastal city of Aleppo, Agha grew up under the towering influence of his father, Abdulkader Agha, a decorated officer in the Syrian Army who was Chief of Missile Command during the era of President Hafez al-Assad.

Neda Agha-Soltan Graduate Scholarship

The decision to name the scholarship after Agha-Soltan was that of the donors rather than the college: Paul Madden, the Provost of the college, said that "within reason" donors decided the name of a scholarship.

Sarı Süleyman Pasha

Süleyman Pasha thereafter commanded his forces to hold what remained of the Ottoman north against their opponents and even sent Mehmet Agha to negotiate peace with Donat John Heissler at Guttentag.

Shimun XXI Benyamin

In March, 1918, Mar Benyamin along with 150 of his bodyguards were assassinated by Simko Shikak (Ismail Agha Shikak), a Kurdish agha, in the town of Salmas (Persia) under a truce flag (see Assyrian Genocide).

Tapu Javeri

Earth Hour 2013 Ambassadors include Pakistan's premiere fashion photographer Tapu Javeri,legendary actress Samina Pirzada, leading drama icon Adnan Siddiqui, pop music sensation Faakhir Mehmood, Pakistan's fashion icon Frieha Altaf, leading model and actor Mekhaal Zulfiqar, young and famous model Ayesha Omar and drama actor Agha Shiraz.


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