Alexander Hangerli

Alexander Hangerli (also: Handjeri , French Alexandre Handjeri , Romanian Alexandru Hangerli / Hangerliu , Russian Александр Ханжерли , Aleksandr Hanzherli , Александр Хангерли, Aleksandr Hangerli / Александру Хангерли, Aleksandru Hangerli ; † 12. June 1854 ) was a phanariotischer Greek Dragoman of the Ottoman Empire and Prince of the Principality of Moldova from March 7th to July 24th 1807. He spent the rest of his life as a refugee in the Russian Empire , where he became known as a linguist . He was the brother of the Prince of Wallachia , Constantin Hangerli , who was executed in 1799.

Life

Hangerli was born into a noble family in Constantinople and received an extensive upbringing. Among other things, he learned several European languages as well as Ottoman and Arabic and was prepared for a career in the Danube principalities. In his mid-twenties he married a princess of the Callimachi family .

Although he had already come into conflict with the Ottoman officials on several occasions, Hangerli was promoted to a post as Dragoman in 1805 and held this position for the next two years until Sultan Selim III. appointed him Prince of Moldova in place of the deposed Alexander Mourousis . However, the Russian conquest of the region prevented him from reaching his official residence in Iași . Rather, he followed the Ottoman army on the offensive of the Russo-Turkish War . Ultimately, he was able to take office after the Peace of Bucharest in 1812, and he was mainly involved in rebuilding the country's administration.

Then Hangerli was removed and replaced by Scarlat Callimachi . There are various reports on this: while the Nouvelle biography générale of 1858 writes that he felt unsafe in his post because the opponents of Sultan Selim were getting stronger and he had therefore asked for his resignation, writes a French traveler, Captain Aubert that he had been pressured to bring more income to the Sublime Porte and had fallen into disgrace for failing to do so.

When the Greek Revolution began, Hangerli felt threatened as a (Greek) Phanariot in Istanbul. He was warned by the Russian Ambassador to the Sublime Porte , Alexander Grigoriyevich Stroganov , that as a prominent Greek he was in danger of being murdered and decided to flee. Together with his family (including his two sons, Gregorios and Telemachos), he sailed on a small ship across the Black Sea and landed in Odessa , where he was granted asylum by the governor of New Russia , Alexandre Langeron .

Soon after, he went to Moscow , where he in honor of Emperor I. Alexander was received. His title was recognized by the Russian nobility and his two sons were appointed councellors (советник).

1840–1842 he published a three-volume French-Arabic-Persian dictionary with Ottoman-Turkish entries, which was printed by the Russian state: the Dictionnaire français-arabe, persan et turc, enrichi d'exemples en langue turque, avec des variantes, et beaucoup de mots d'arts et de sciences . He then received the Order of Anna . He had begun the work as early as 1806 at the request of the French ambassador at the High Gate, Armand Charles Guilleminot . Hangerli then withdrew from public life and devoted himself to the education of his grandson, Michel Ulangali, who later emigrated to France as a literary critic. Another grandson of Hangerli was the Prussian politician Nicolaus Prinz Handjery .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Ernest Mézière: Alexandre Handjeri. In: Nouvelle biographie générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours , vol. 23, Firmin Didot, Paris, 1858: 290.
↑ ^a ^b Sorin Şipoş: Imaginea celuilalt: un document francez privind spaţiul românesc de la începutul secolului al XIX-lea ("The Image of the Other: A French Document about the Romanian Space in the beginning of the XIXth Century") . In: Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies . December 12, 2005, pp. 41-48. Retrieved May 8, 2007.
↑ ^a ^b Catalog général des livres français, italiens, espagnols, etc., tant anciens que modern, qui se trouvent chez Barthés et Lowell , Barthés et Lowell, London, Paris, 1857: 625.
↑ Prince Nicolaus Handjery (1836-1900). Retrieved May 3, 2018 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Alexandru Moruzi vacant	Prince of Moldova 1807	Scarlat Callimachi

personal data
SURNAME	Hangerli, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Handjeri, Alexander; Hangerli, Alexandru; Hangerliu, Alexandru; Chanz̆erli, Aleksandr; Hanzherli, Aleksandr; Changerli, Aleksandr; Ханжерли, Александр (Russian); Hanzherli, Aleksandr; Хангерли, Александр; Hangerli, Aleksandr; Хангерли, Александру; Hangerli, Aleksandru; Χαγγέρλι, Αλέξανδρος (Greek); Hangerlı, Iskender (Turkish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Principality of Moldova
DATE OF BIRTH	18th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Istanbul , Ottoman Empire
DATE OF DEATH	June 12, 1854
Place of death	Russian Empire

[nouvellehoefer-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Ernest Mézière: Alexandre Handjeri. In: Nouvelle biographie générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours , vol. 23, Firmin Didot, Paris, 1858: 290.

[jsri-2] Sorin Şipoş: Imaginea celuilalt: un document francez privind spaţiul românesc de la începutul secolului al XIX-lea ("The Image of the Other: A French Document about the Romanian Space in the beginning of the XIXth Century") . In: Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies . December 12, 2005, pp. 41-48. Retrieved May 8, 2007.

[cataloguegeneral-3] Catalog général des livres français, italiens, espagnols, etc., tant anciens que modern, qui se trouvent chez Barthés et Lowell , Barthés et Lowell, London, Paris, 1857: 625.

[4] Prince Nicolaus Handjery (1836-1900). Retrieved May 3, 2018 .