Alexander Mavrocordatos

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Alexander Mavrocordato (cca. 1636-1709) was a member of the Greek family Mavrocordatos, a doctor of philosophy and medicine of the University of Bologna, and dragoman to Sultan Mehmed IV in 1673 - notably employed in negotiations with the Habsburg Monarcy during the Great Turkish War.

Alexander Mavrocordatos was the who drew up the Treaty of Karlowitz (1699). He became a secretary of state, and was created a Reichsgraf of the Holy Roman Empire. His authority, with that of Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha and Rami Paşa, was supreme at the court of Mustafa II, and he did much to ameliorate the condition of the Christians in the Ottoman Empire. He was disgraced in 1703, but was recalled to court by Sultan Ahmed III.

He also wrote several historical, grammatical, and other treatises. His son, Nicholas Mavrocordato, was grand dragoman to the Divan (1697), and in 1708 was appointed hospodar of Moldavia.

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