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march 28 , 1884 switzerland constantinople -lrb- istanbul -rrb- , ottoman empire georgios zariphis 1810 financier and banker georgios zarifis.jpg georgios zariphis
 yorgo zariphis
georgios zariphis

georgios y. zariphis -lrb- , 1810 -- 1884 -rrb- , also known as yorgo zarifi , was a prominent ottoman greek banker and financier .
he was also very well known as a prominent benefactor of his time .
zariphis met sultan abdulhamid ii when the latter was a shahzade with a low expectation of ascending to the throne .
the prince , having financial troubles , called on the expertise of zariphis to manage his personal wealth .
after abdulhamid became sultan , he continued to utilize zarifi 's advisory services .
living at the time when the ottoman empire was in great financial distress and had declared bankruptcy , zariphis was one of the galata bankers that was involved in the empire 's debt raising .
he was also involved in setting up düyun-u umumiye -lrb- office of public debt -rrb- in 1881 that oversaw tax collection and debt payments of the ottoman empire .
zariphis also sponsored the foundation of greek language schools , which were named zariphia after schools : like the zariphios school in philippopolis -lrb- present-day : plovdiv , ottoman name : filibe -rrb- and dede aghach -lrb- present-day : alexandroupoli -rrb- .
