Dragoman
（重定向自Drogoman）
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![Dragoman Joseph Shaar. Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, 1891](/Images/godic/202501/10/Dragoman_Joseph_Shaar._Temple_of_Jupiter,_Baalbek,_18911941.jpg")
A dragoman was an interpreter, translator, and official guide between Turkish, Arabic, and Persian-speaking countries and polities of the Middle East and European embassies, consulates, vice-consulates and trading posts. A dragoman had to have a knowledge of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and European languages.