Mihran Nakkashian

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Mihran Nakkashian (* 1850 in Kayseri / Ottoman Empire; † 1944 in Nice / France) was an Armenian editor and publicist in Istanbul. He rose from administrative director to owner of the Sabah newspaper .

Mihran Nakkashian was the editor of the scientist and linguist Schemseddin Sami (1850-1904). His six-volume Ottoman encyclopedia Kamusü l-a'lâm was published in 1889–1898. It is the authoritative and most understandable general encyclopedia in the Ottoman language . Various attempts by other publicists to publish an encyclopedia had previously failed.

From 1882 to 1922 Nakkashian was the owner of the daily Sabah . Mihran Nakkashian left Turkey in 1922 and went to France, where he took the name Nakkaşoğlu .

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  • Johann Strauss Publishing in a multi-ethnic society. In: Elisabeth Özdalga (Ed.): Late Ottoman Society. The Intellectual Legacy. Routledge Curzon, 2005
  • Kevork Pamukciyan Biyografileriyle Ermeniler. Aras Publishing House, Istanbul 2003
personal data
SURNAME Nakkashian, Mihran
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kayserili Mihran; Nakkaşoğlu, Mihran
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian publicist
DATE OF BIRTH 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Kayseri
DATE OF DEATH 1944
Place of death Nice