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Aghawat, plural, and
singular Agha (Arabic: أغاوات
plural and آغا singular) are
individuals who
serve in the holy
mosques in
Mecca and Madinah. They have...
- The
Dikkat al-
Aghawāt,
commonly identified with the Suffah...
- prin****l
restriction on the
power of the
aghawat was
resistance from the Hauran's inhabitants. Thus, the
aghawat sought to
become more
indispensable to...
- a
powerful Kurdish Damascene agha (commander of irregulars; pl.
aghawat). The
aghawat wielded significant influence in
Damascus and
dominated relations...
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manifested into an
alliance with the
aghawat of al-Midan, who
traditionally controlled the
grain trade,
against the
aghawat of the
northern city
quarters who...
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harem as well as in the
corps of
mostly African eunuchs,
known as the
Aghawat, who
guarded the
Prophet Muhammad's tomb in
Medina and the Kaʿba in Mecca...
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would see Al-Karak have a
balanced power balance between the Turks, the
Aghawat (the
descendants of Yusuf's
brother who remained), and the
Emiri Banu Oqbah...
-
manual labor in the
oasis of Al-Ahsa.
During the
Middle Ages, the
first aghawat,
eunuchs of Indian,
Byzantine (Gr****) and
African heritage are
noted as...
- tomb in
Medina and the Kaʿba in Mecca.
During the
Middle Ages, the
first aghawat,
eunuchs of Indian,
Byzantine (Gr****) and
African heritage are
noted as...
- eighteenth-century Mecca, the
majority of
eunuchs were in the
service of the
mosques (
aghawat).
There were also high
death tolls among all
classes of slaves. Slaves...
