Kol Aghassi
Military rank in the Ottoman Empire
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Kolağası (also written as Kol Ağası, Kol Aghasi) was a military rank of the Ottoman Army. It corresponds to a Senior Captain or an Adjutant Major.[1] Kol Ağası is a compound word composed of Kol (column in Turkish) and Ağa (chief in Turkish).
A Kolağası was junior in rank to a Binbaşı (Major), and senior to a Yüzbaşı (Captain) in the Ottoman Army.
Despite being a single rank, Kolağası was divided into two grades: Sağ Kolağası (Kolağası of the Right Flank) and Sol Kolağası (Kolağası of the Left Flank), the former being the more senior rank. After the rank of Yüzbaşı (Captain), an officer had to first become Sol Kolağası, before becoming Sağ Kolağası.
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