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<ref>{{cite book|last=Dyneley Prince|first=John| authorlink =John Dyneley Prince|title=Surviving Turkish Elements In Serbo-Croatian|year=1931|publisher=American Oriental Society}}</ref> governed by an ''agha'' (tax collector landlord).<ref>{{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}}</ref>

In Bosnian history, the word ''agaluk'' often refers to land ''owned'' by an ''aga''.<ref name="bosnia">{{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}}</ref>

==See also== *Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire *Kadiluk *Pashaluk *Sanjak * Timar, land granted by the Ottoman sultans between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries

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