Khoren Nar Bey

Claims

1. Supported

   Khoren Nar Bey (c. 1831–1892) — also recorded as Khoren Kalfayan, Coren Calfa, and Khoren Nar Bey Kalfayan — was an Armenian ecclesiastical figure who became Archbishop of Constantinople. As part of the Armenian delegation, he was dispatched to Saint Petersburg in 1878 to deliver a memorandum to Tsar Alexander II requesting autonomy for the Armenian provinces, and served as translator to Mkrtich Khrimian at the Congress of Berlin. He is documented in the CERL Thesaurus as the brother of Ambroise Calfa.

   2 evidence references

   • CERL Thesaurus authority record for Ambroise Calfa

     Consortium of European Research Libraries, Thesaurus authority record cnp01305860, Ambroise Calfa (1826–1906): Armenian-born writer and philologist, brother of Coren Calfa (Khoren Calfayan); former member of the Mekhitarist Congregation of Venice; name variants including Nar Bey, Galfayan, Guy de Lusignan (adopted from 1878). Aggregates BnF, DNB, and VIAF cataloguing data.

     CERL Thesaurus · cnp01305860

   • Wikipedia, Armenian delegation at the Berlin Congress

     Wikipedia, "Armenian delegation at the Berlin Congress" (English Wikipedia). Records Khoren Nar Bey Kalfayan as dispatched to Saint Petersburg in 1878 to deliver a memorandum to Tsar Alexander II requesting autonomy for the Armenian provinces, and as translator to Mkrtich Khrimian ("Khrimian Hayrik") at the Congress of Berlin.

     Wikipedia