"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, ...
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Ottoman Empire, and he was an Orientalist academic. He was consul from 1848 to 1862.
He interceded on behalf of the Syrian Christians in 1860." - (en.wikipedia.org 27.09.2019)