List of dragomans

The following is a list of dragomans.

• Đorđe Branković (count) (1645-1711), Serbian dragoman who spoke Romanian, Hungarian, German, Turkish and other languages and dialects.
• Jean-Baptiste Adanson (1732-1803), Scottish-French
• Janus Bey, Ottoman Empire interpreter and ambassador who was active in Europe in the 1530s.
• Vincenzo Belluti (19th century), Maltese
• Wojciech Bobowski (1610-1675), Polish
• Stefan Bogoridi (1775/1780-1859), Bulgarian
• Ioan Teodor Callimachi, Greek-Romanian
• Alexandru Callimachi, Greek-Romanian
• Nicolae Caradja (18th century), Greek
• Alexandru Matei Ghica (18th century), Greek
• Jean Georges Caradja (19th century), Greek
• Armand-Pierre Caussin de Perceval (1795-1871), French
• Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau (1846-1923), French
• Rigas Feraios (*1757-1798), Greek
• Gerald Fitzmaurice, (1865-1939), British
• Charles Fonton (1725-1793), French
• Gaspar Graziani (1575/1580-1620), Italian
• Alexander Hangerli (d. 1854), Greek
• Constantine Hangerli (d. 1799), Greek
• Martin Hartmann (1851-1918), German
• Alexander Knox Helm, (1893-1964), British
• Petar Ičko (1755–1808), Ottoman Greek who was Karađorđe's personal dragoman.
• Johannes Kolmodin (1884-1933), Swedish
• Clément Huart, French
• Auguste de Jaba (1801-1894), Polish-Lithuanian-Russian
• Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios, Greek
• Nassif Mallouf (1823-1865), Lebanese
• Manuc Bei (1769-1817), Armenian
• Alexander II Mavrocordatos (18th century), Greek
• John Mavrocordatos (18th century), Greek
• Nicholas Mavrocordatos (1670-1730), Greek
• Nicolae Mavrogheni (18th century), Greek
• Alexander Mourousis (d.1816), Greek
• Constantine Mourousis (d. 1783), Greek
• Antoine de Murat (ca. 1739-1813), Armenian
• Panayot Nikousia (17th century), Greek
• The Pisani Family
• Georg Rosen (b. 1821), Prussian
• Andrew Ryan (1876-1941), British
• Beyzade Aleko Soutzos (d. 1807), Greek
• Mihai Suţu (1730-1802), Greek
• Johann Amadeus Francis de Paula, Baron of Thugut (1736-1818), Austrian
• Ármin Vámbéry (1832-1913), Hungarian
• Alexander Ypsilantis (1725-1805), Greek

Definition

A dragoman was an interpreter, translator, and official guide between Turkish, 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.

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