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trading posts. A dragoman had to have a knowledge of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and European languages. In the Ottoman Empire, Dragomans were mainly members

Persian-speaking polities. Dragoman may also refer to: Dragoman, Bulgaria Dragoman Municipality, Bulgaria Dragoman Glacier, Antarctica Dragoman Marsh, the biggest

The following is a list of dragomans. Đorđe Branković (count) (1645–1711), Serbian dragoman who spoke Romanian, Hungarian, German, Turkish and other languages

22°56′E / 42.917°N 22.933°E / 42.917; 22.933 Dragoman (Bulgarian: Драгоман [drɐɡoˈman]) is the seat of Dragoman Municipality in the Sofia Province, western

Greek War of Independence in 1821, Phanariots made up the majority of the dragomans to the Ottoman government (the Porte) and foreign embassies due to the

never formalized in the same manner. From 1711, many former Grand Dragomans or Dragomans of the Fleet were appointed to the positions of princes of the Danubian

consent of the Kapudan Pasha. Apart from their administrative duties, the dragomans actively promoted education, made donations to churches, codified the

From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting the Middle East is a 2004 book written by Middle-East historian Bernard Lewis. The book comprises a series of scholarly

György Dragomán (born 10 September 1973) is a Hungarian author and literary translator. His best-known work, The White King (2005) has been translated

2005, Romanian newspaper Libertatea reported the birth of Lucian Yahoo Dragoman, supposedly named after the web portal Yahoo. The story spread briefly