The following is a list of
dragomans.
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Đorđe Branković (count)
Đorđe Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Бранковић, la, Georgius Brankovich, ro, Gheorghe Brancovici; 1645 – 19 December 1711) was a Transylvanian Serb diplomat, writer, and self-proclaimed descendant of the medieval Serbian Bra ...
(1645-1711), Serbian dragoman who spoke Romanian, Hungarian, German, Turkish and other languages and dialects.
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Jean-Baptiste Adanson
Jean-Baptiste is a male French name, originating with Saint John the Baptist, and sometimes shortened to Baptiste. The name may refer to any of the following:
Persons
* Charles XIV John of Sweden, born Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, was King o ...
(1732-1803), Scottish-French
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Janus Bey
Janus Bey, in Turkish Yunus Bey (born in Modon at the end of the 15th century; died 1541/42) was a Greek who became an interpreter (''dragoman'') and ambassador for the Ottoman Empire.
In 1532 he visited Venice and had meetings with the Venetian ...
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Ottoman Empire interpreter and ambassador who was active in
Europe in the 1530s.
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Vincenzo Belluti (19th century), Maltese
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Wojciech Bobowski
Wojciech Bobowski or Ali Ufki (also Albertus Bobovius, Ali Bey, Santurî Ali Ufki; 1610–1675) was a Polish, later Ottoman musician and dragoman in the Ottoman Empire. He translated the '' Bible'' into Ottoman Turkish, composed an Ottoman ''P ...
(1610-1675), Polish
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Stefan Bogoridi
Prince (''Knyaz'' or '' Bey'') Stefan Bogoridi (born Стойко Цонков Стойков, ''Stoyko Tsonkov Stoykov''; ; ; ; ; 1775 or 1780–August 1, 1859) was a high-ranking Ottoman statesman of Bulgarian origin, grandson of Sophro ...
(1775/1780-1859), Bulgarian
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Hammad Hassab Bureik Egyptian dragoman employed by
Henry S. Harper. Survived the sinking of the
Titanic.
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Ioan Teodor Callimachi, Greek-Romanian
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Alexandru Callimachi
Alexander Callimachi (1737 – 12 December 1821) was Prince of Moldavia during the period of 6 May 1795 through 18 March 1799.
Early years
Alexander Callimachi was born in Constantinople. His family were an established Moldavian-Greek Phanariote ...
, Greek-Romanian
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Nicolae Caradja (18th century), Greek
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Alexandru Matei Ghica (18th century), Greek
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Jean Georges Caradja (19th century), Greek
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Armand-Pierre Caussin de Perceval (1795-1871), French
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Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau
Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau (19 February 1846 – 15 February 1923) was a noted French Orientalist and archaeologist.
Biography
Clermont-Ganneau was born in Paris, the son of Simon Ganneau, a sculptor and mystic who died in 1851 when Clermo ...
(1846-1923), French
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Rigas Feraios (*1757-1798), Greek
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Tomasso Barthold,(1774-1811), Italian
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Gerald Henry Fitzmaurice, (1865-1939), British
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Charles Fonton (1725-1793), French
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Gaspar Graziani (1575/1580-1620), Italian
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Alexander Hangerli (d. 1854), Greek
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Constantine Hangerli (d. 1799), Greek
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Martin Hartmann (1851-1918), German
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Alexander Knox Helm, (1893-1964), British
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Petar Ičko (1755–1808), Ottoman Greek who was
Karađorđe's personal dragoman.
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Johannes Kolmodin (1884-1933), Swedish
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Clément Huart, French
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Auguste de Jaba (1801-1894), Polish-Lithuanian-Russian
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Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios
Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios ( el, Χατζηγεωργάκης Κορνέσιος), from Kritou Terra in Paphos, was a dragoman (interpreter) in Cyprus between 1779 and 1809.
Career and influence
Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios came from Kritou Terra in Pap ...
, Greek
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Nassif Mallouf (1823-1865), Lebanese
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Manuc Bei (1769-1817), Armenian
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Alexander II Mavrocordatos (18th century), Greek
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John Mavrocordatos
John Mavrocordatos ( el, Ιωάννης Μαυροκορδάτος, ro, Ioan A. Mavrocordat), born in Constantinople on 23 July 1684 and died in Bucharest on 23 February 1719, was caimacam of Moldavia (7 October 1711 – 16 November 1711) and Pri ...
(18th century), Greek
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Nicholas Mavrocordatos (1670-1730), Greek
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Nicolae Mavrogheni
Nicholas Mavrogenes (or Mavrogenous; el, Νικόλαος Μαυρογένης ''Nikolaos Mavrogenis'' (Greek: "Blackbeard"), ro, Nicolae Mavrogheni ), (1735 – 30 September 1790) was a Phanariote Prince of Wallachia (reigned 1786–1789). He ...
(18th century), Greek
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Alexander Mourousis
Alexander Mourouzis ( el, Αλέξανδρος Μουρούζης; Romanian: Alexandru Moruzi (1750/1760 – 1816) was a Grand Dragoman of the Ottoman Empire who served as Prince of Moldavia and Prince of Wallachia. Open to Enlightenment ideas ...
(d.1816), Greek
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Constantine Mourousis
Constantine Demetrius Mourouzis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Δημήτριος Μουρούζης, Konstantinos Demetrios Mourouzis, ro, Constantin Dimitrie Moruzi), (1730 – 1 May 1787) was a Phanariote Prince of Moldavia, and member of t ...
(d. 1783), Greek
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Antoine de Murat (ca. 1739-1813), Armenian
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Panayot Nikousia (17th century), Greek
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The Pisani Family
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Georg Rosen (b. 1821), Prussian
*Andrew Ryan (1876-1941), British
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Beyzade Aleko Soutzos (d. 1807), Greek
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Mihai Suţu
Michael Drakos Soutzos ( el, Μιχαήλ Δράκος Σούτζος; ro, Mihai Draco Suțu), (1730 – 1803) was a Prince of Moldavia between 1792 and 1795. A member of the Soutzos family of Phanariotes (descended from the Drakos family), he ...
(1730-1802), Greek
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The Testa Family
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Johann Amadeus Francis de Paula, Baron of Thugut (1736-1818), Austrian
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Ármin Vámbéry (1832-1913), Hungarian
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Alexander Ypsilantis (1725-1805), Greek
Definition
A dragoman was an
interpreter, translator, and official guide between
Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
,
Arabic, and
Persian-speaking countries and
polities of the
Middle East and
European
embassies,
consulates, vice-consulates and
trading posts. A dragoman had to have a knowledge of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and European languages.
References
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