Royal cypher Royal cypher In modern heraldry, a royal cypher is a monogram-like device of a country's reigning sovereign, typically consisting of the initials of the monarch's name and title, sometimes interwoven and often surmounted by a crown. Where such a cypher is used by an emperor or empress, it is called an "imperial cypher". In the system used by various Commonwealth realms, the title is abbreviated as "R" for "rex" or "regina" (Latin for "king" and "queen"). Previously, "I" stood for "imperator" or "imperatrix" (Latin words for "emperor" and "empress") of India. The cypher is displayed on some government buildings, impressed
Agha (title) book of Mordechai Zaken, Jewish Subjects and their tribal chieftains in Kurdistan. "Agha" is nowadays used as a Persian honorific title for men, the equivalent of "Mr" in English. The corresponding honorific term for women is khanum. Agha (title) Agha, also Aga (Ottoman Turkish: , "āghā" "chief, master, lord"), as an honorific title for a civilian or military officer, or often part of such title, and was placed after the name of certain civilian or military functionaries in the Ottoman Empire. At the same time some court functionaries were entitled to the "agha" title. The word "agha" entered English from