Johann Gottfried Wetzstein
Dr. Johann Gottfried Wetzstein (19 February 1815 – 18 January 1905) was an Orientalist and a Prussian diplomat. He was the Prussian consul in Damascus, Syria, Ottoman Empire, and he was an Orientalist academic. He was consul from 1848 to 1862.[1]
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Johann Gottfried Wetzstein in 1884
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Tales of Arabian Nights from the collection of Johann Gottfried Wetzstein, Syrian, 18th century CE
He interceded on behalf of the Syrian Christians in 1860.
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Bibliography
- Schwanitz, Wolfgang (Ed.): Germany and the Middle East, 1871–1945 2002.
- Ingeborg Huhn: Der Orientalist Johann Gottfried Wetzstein als preußischer Konsul in Damaskus (1849–1861): dargestellt nach seinen hinterlassenen Papieren. Islamkundliche Untersuchungen Bd. 136. Berlin: Schwarz, 1989. ISBN 3-922968-89-9
- Ingeborg Huhn: Der Nachlass des Orientalisten Johann Gottfried Wetzstein in der Handschriftenabteilung der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Kataloge der Handschriftenabteilung: Reihe 2, Nachlässe Bd. 9. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2006.
- Gerhard Küchler: Johann Gottfried Wetzstein. Königlich Preußischer Konsul in Damaskus 1848-1862, Orientalist und Freund Alexander von Humboldts. in: Jahrbuch für Brandenburgische Landesgeschichte 29 (1978), S. 7-24.
- Baron, Salo: "The Jews and the Syrian Massacres of 1860", In: Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, Vol. 4 (1932 - 1933), pp. 3–31.
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