List of dragomans

The following is a list of dragomans.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2016)
  • 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
  • Hammad Hassab Bureik Egyptian dragoman employed by Henry S. Harper. Survived the sinking of the Titanic.
  • 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
  • Tomasso Barthold,(1774–1811), Italian
  • Gerald Henry 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
  • The Testa Family
  • 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.[1]

References

  1. ^ Franz Pochhacker (2015). Routledge Encyclopedia of Interpreting Studies. Routledge. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-317-39126-5.