Alexander Mavrokordatos the Exaporite

Illustration from 1854

Alexander Mavrocordatos (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος Μαυροκορδάτος; 1636/7 or 7 November 1641 – 23 December 1709), surnamed the Exaporite (ὁ ἐξ Ἀπορρήτων, lit.'[Keeper] of the Secrets'),[1] was a member of the Greek Mavrocordatos family, a doctor of philosophy and medicine, and Dragoman of the Porte to Sultan Mehmed IV in 1673 — notably employed in negotiations with the Habsburg monarchy during the Great Turkish War.

  1. ^ Makrides 2019, p. 1295.

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