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.

[1] He interceded on behalf of the Syrian Christians in 1860.

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Johann Gottfried Wetzstein in 1884
Tales of Arabian Nights from the collection of Johann Gottfried Wetzstein, Syrian, 18th century CE