Jak Mark Suma | |
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Born | |
Died | Shkodër |
Nationality | Albanian |
Citizenship | Venetian |
Education | dragoman |
Occupation(s) | vice-consul and dragoman |
Years active | c. 1760-1796 |
Employer(s) | Venice and Austria |
Known for | Being the vice-consul of Austria and Venice |
Family | Kolë Suma Heqimi |
Jak Mark Suma (known in Italian as Giacomo Suma) was an Albanian diplomat. He was the vice consul of Venice and then Austria and a dragoman between them and the Ottoman Empire. He was the last vice consul of Venice in Shkodra in the 600-year presence of the maritime republic in the city. [1] He was the son of Kolë Suma, one the first native doctors in the region. He came from a branch of the Albanian Suma family, a notable urban family of Shkodra since the Middle Ages. [2] In 1778, Mahmud Pasha proposed to elect Suma as the vice consul of Shkodër. [3] In his time as vice-consul of Venice he faced the increasing competition by the trade of Dulcigno to Venetian interests in Shkodër. [4] Suma was personally responsible for transportation of products from Shkodër to Venice and would travel with the cargo to oversee the journey. [5]
HIs father was named Mark Jak Summa and he was a merchant. [6] He also had two siblings, Andrean and Kolë Mark Summen who was a Doctor of Bushatlli. [7]
Jak Mark Suma | |
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Born | |
Died | Shkodër |
Nationality | Albanian |
Citizenship | Venetian |
Education | dragoman |
Occupation(s) | vice-consul and dragoman |
Years active | c. 1760-1796 |
Employer(s) | Venice and Austria |
Known for | Being the vice-consul of Austria and Venice |
Family | Kolë Suma Heqimi |
Jak Mark Suma (known in Italian as Giacomo Suma) was an Albanian diplomat. He was the vice consul of Venice and then Austria and a dragoman between them and the Ottoman Empire. He was the last vice consul of Venice in Shkodra in the 600-year presence of the maritime republic in the city. [1] He was the son of Kolë Suma, one the first native doctors in the region. He came from a branch of the Albanian Suma family, a notable urban family of Shkodra since the Middle Ages. [2] In 1778, Mahmud Pasha proposed to elect Suma as the vice consul of Shkodër. [3] In his time as vice-consul of Venice he faced the increasing competition by the trade of Dulcigno to Venetian interests in Shkodër. [4] Suma was personally responsible for transportation of products from Shkodër to Venice and would travel with the cargo to oversee the journey. [5]
HIs father was named Mark Jak Summa and he was a merchant. [6] He also had two siblings, Andrean and Kolë Mark Summen who was a Doctor of Bushatlli. [7]