# The Aga — Candide character guide

> The Aga in Candide by Voltaire.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0028-xxvii-candide-s-voyage-to-constantinople

## Who they are

A Turkish official who buys Candide and his companions as slaves in Constantinople.

## In the story

### [XII: The Adventures of the Old Woman Continued](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candide_se/chapters/xii-the-adventures-of-the-old-woman-continued)

An Aga of the Janissaries who owned the Old Woman and took her to Azof.

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