Dragoman of the Porte
Name Tenure Notes
Antonio Bruti 1538-1571 Translator , merchant and diplomat of Albanian origin , Father of Bartolomeo Bruti
Bartolomeo Bruti 1573-1591 Translator , advisor , merchant , spy , agent and diplomat of Albanian origin , son of Antonio Bruti
Panagiotis Nikousios 1661-1673
Alexander Mavrocordatos 1673-1709
Nicholas Mavrocordatos 1689-1709 Son of Alexander . Subsequently Prince of Moldavia ( 1711-1715 ) and Prince of Wallachia ( 1715-1716 , 1719-1730 )
John Mavrocordatos 1709-1717 Son of Alexander . Subsequently Caimacam of Moldavia ( 1711 ) and Prince of Wallachia ( 1716-1719 )
Grigore ( II ) Ghica 1717-1727 Subsequently Prince of Moldavia ( 1726-1733 , 1735-1739 , 1739-1741 , 1747-1748 ) and of Wallachia ( 1733-1735 , 1748-1752 )
Alexander Ghica 1727-1740 1st term
Ioan Teodor Callimachi 1741-1750 1st term
Matei Ghica 1751-1752 Son of Grigore . Subsequently Prince of Wallachia ( 1752-1753 ) and of Moldavia ( 1753-1756 )
Ioan Teodor Callimachi 1752-1758 2nd term . Subsequently Prince of Moldavia ( 1758-1761 )
Grigore ( III ) Ghica 1758-1764 Son of Alexander . Subsequently Prince of Moldavia ( 1764-1767 , 1774-1782 ) and of Wallachia ( 1768-1769 )
George Caradja [ el ] 1764-1765
Skarlatos Caradja 1765-1768 Son of George . 1st term
Nicholas Soutzos [ el ] 1768-1769
Mihai Racoviță 1769-1770 Subsequently Prince of Moldavia ( 1703-1705 , 1707-1709 , 1716-1726 ) and of Wallachia ( 1730-1731 , 1741-1744 )
Skarlatos Caradja 1770-1774 2nd term
Alexander Ypsilantis 1774 Subsequently Prince of Wallachia ( 1774-1782 , 1796-1797 ) and of Moldavia ( 1786-1788 )
Constantine Mourouzis 1774-1777 Previously Dragoman of the Fleet ( 1764-1765 ) . Subsequently Prince of Moldavia ( 1777-1782 )
Nicholas Caradja 1777-1782 Son of Skarlatos . Subsequently Prince of Wallachia ( 1782-1783 )
List of Dragomans of the Porte
The Dragoman of the Sublime Porte (Ottoman Turkish: terdjümân-ı bâb-ı âlî; ), Dragoman of the Imperial Council (terdjümân-ı dîvân-ı hümâyûn), or simply Grand or Chief Dragoman (terdjümân bashı), was the senior interpreter of the Ottoman government and de facto deputy foreign minister. From the position's inception in 1661 until the outbreak of the Greek Revolution in 1821, the office was occupied by Phanariotes, and was one of the main pillars of Phanariote power in the Ottoman Empire.