Manuc Bei

Manuc Bey
Manuc Bey
	Manuc Bey
Born	1769; Rusçuk, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire
Died	1817; Hînceşti, Moldova, Russian Empire
Cause of death	an accident
Resting place	Armenian Church in Chişinău
Nationality	Armenian
Occupation	merchant, diplomat and inn-keeper

Manuc Bey (the common Romanian rendering of Manuk Bey, the Armenian name of Emanuel Mârzayan; 1769–1817) was an Armenian merchant, diplomat and inn-keeper.

Life

He was born in Rousse (modern Ruse, Bulgaria) as a subject of the Ottoman Empire. A grain merchant, he amassed considerable wealth, and was rumored at the time to be the wealthiest man in the Balkans. In 1803, he was awarded the boyar rank of paharnic by Constantine Ypsilanti, Prince of Wallachia.

The yard of Manuc's Inn in 1841

In 1808, the highly influential Manuc was advanced by his protector, the Ottoman general Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, to occupy the Moldavian throne, but was prevented from taking the throne by the fall of his protector; he himself had to flee Istanbul to avoid execution. Settling in Bucharest (after a short period of refuge in Transylvania), Manuc-Bey kept the inn known today as Manuc's Inn; in time, he also acquired estates in Bessarabia, near Hînceşti and Reni, and was to remain the main financial backer of Ypsilanti, lending the treasury 160,000 thalers in all.

During the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-1812, he was also a mediator (1809) between the Russian Imperial Army of Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich and a rebel Ottoman garrison in Giurgiu. A Russian agent, Manuc took part in the negotiations for the 1812 Treaty of Bucharest between the Russian and Ottoman empires, which were held in his inn in Bucharest.

Manuc Bei's Manison in Hîncești

Towards the end of his life, he retired to his estate of Hîncești, where his son later built a manor house.

Manuc died in an accident in 1817, and was buried in the Armenian Church in Chişinău.

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References

Neagu Djuvara, Între Orient și Occident. Țările române la începutul epocii moderne ("Between Orient and Occident. The Romanian lands at the beginning of the modern era"), Humanitas, Bucharest, 1995, p. 169, 287, 348-349
Constantin C. Giurescu, Istoria Bucureștilor. Din cele mai vechi timpuri pînă în zilele noastre ("History of Bucharest. From the earliest times to this day"), Ed. Pentru Literatură, Bucharest, 1966, p. 270-271.

External links

(in English) Manuc Bey - A legendary historical figure of the 18th century, biographical article on the Radio Romania International website.
(in Romanian) Expoziţia "Manuc Bey - negustor şi diplomat" îşi deschide porţile pentru public ("The 'Manuc Bey - Merchant and Diplomat' Exhibition opens its doors to the public"), Știri, 8 August 2005, describing a Bucharest exhibition dedicated to Manuc-Bey
(in Romanian) Article One of his palatial residences in Hânceşti (now in the Republic of Moldova, and (in English) a short description
(in English) Spiritual Romania Dream Tour: Manuc's Inn, includes a tidbit about Manuc-Bey in Paris.

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