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Revision as of 15:35, 26 January 2013 by Nimetapoeg (talk | contribs) (added Category:Ottoman businesspeople using HotCat)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Harutyun Amira Bezciyan (born in Constantinople, Ottoman Turkey April 10, 1771 - died Constantinople, Ottoman Turkey January 3, 1834) also known as Kazaz Artin was a renowned philanthropist, merchant, financier, adviser, and founder of the Sourp Prgich Armenian Hospital.
Harutyun Bezciyan was born in the Yenikapı district of Constantinople to an Armenian family. He graduated from the local Kumkapı Armenian School and started working in the silk trade business with his father. He soon began to become familiar with the Ottoman Palace while working with the prestigious Düzyan Family. After gaining the trust from various high ranking Ottoman officials, he then became Mahmud the Second's economic and personal adviser. Through the approval of Mahmud II, Bezciyan rose through the ranks and became the manager of mint of the Ottoman treasury.
He started the biggest donation project for Armenian Patriarchate Building, Patriarchal Cathedral and the Holy Asdvadzazin Church. He is the founder of many Armenian girls schools in Beyoğlu as well as the Bezciyan school, Arakelots Azkayin, Boğosyan, Varvaryan, Bezciyan in Topkapı and Eyüphan. Holy Prgiç Hospital which Bezciyan started but couldn't finish was one of his grandest and important philanthropic projects.
He was buried to Holy Harutyun in the Virgin Mary Patriarch Cathedral by the special permission of Mahmud II.
References
- "History of Bezciyan School". Bezciyan School. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- "The History of Surp Pirgic Hospital" (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- Alan, Avni; Hakan, (2007). Churches in Turkey. Istanbul: AS Book. p. 47. ISBN 9789750114700. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
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