Agaluk
{{Short description|Ottoman feudal unit governed by an aga, or lord}}
{{State organisation of Ottoman Empire}}
An agaluk ({{Langx|ota|آغالق|translit=Ağalık}}) was a feudal unit of the Ottoman Empire{{cite book|last=Dyneley Prince|first=John| authorlink =John Dyneley Prince|title=Surviving Turkish Elements In Serbo-Croatian|year=1931|publisher=American Oriental Society}} governed by an agha (tax collector landlord).{{cite book|last=Frucht|first=Richard C.|title=Eastern Europe: an introduction to the people, lands, and culture|year=2005|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-800-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/easterneuropeint0000unse/page/636 636]|url=https://archive.org/details/easterneuropeint0000unse/page/636}}
In Bosnian history, the word agaluk often refers to land owned by an aga.{{cite book|last=Malcolm |first=Noel| authorlink = Noel Malcolm|title=Bosnia: A Short History|year=1994|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=0-330-41244-2|pages=317}}
See also
- Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire
- Kadiluk
- Pashaluk
- Sanjak
- Timar, land granted by the Ottoman sultans between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries
References
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Category:Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire
Category:Types of administrative division
Category:Feudalism in the Ottoman Empire
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