Ignatius Mouradgea d'Ohsson
Ignatius Mouradgea d'Ohsson (born July 31, 1740 in Constantinople , † August 27, 1807 in Bièvres ) was an Armenian orientalist, historian and diplomat in the Swedish service. He was born Ignatius Muradcan Tosunyan to a Catholic family. His father was an interpreter at the Swedish Embassy and his son followed him in this career. In 1768 he became chief interpreter, and when he was later raised to the Swedish nobility, he adopted the French-sounding name d'Ohsson. He lived in France for many years.
Constantin d'Ohsson , author of a famous Mongolian story, was his son.
Works
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Tableau Général de l'Empire Othoman. 7 volumes. Firmin Didot, Paris 1788-1824.
- German: General description of the Othoman Empire. Abridged and translated by Christian Daniel Beck . 2 volumes. Weidmann, Leipzig 1788/1793 ( Volume 1 in the Google book search; Volume 2 in the Google book search).
literature
- Carter Vaughn Findley: Enlightening Europe on Islam and the Ottomans. Mouradgea d'Ohsson and His Masterpiece. Brill, Leiden 2019, ISBN 978-90-04-37725-7 .
- Elisabeth A. Fraser: "Dressing Turks in the French Manner". Mouradgea d'Ohsson's Panorama of the Ottoman Empire. In: Ars Orientalis. Vol. 39 (2009), pp. 198-230.
Web links
- UGAB Magazine number 5 - 2nd trimestre 2000
- The Armenian Community In Sweden
- Findley: Mouradgea d'Ohsson and His Tableau général de l'empire othoman (English) (PDF file; 146 kB)
- Literature by and about father and son D 'Ohsson in the catalog of the SUB Göttingen
- Ignatius Mouradgea d'Ohsson
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ohsson, Ignatius Mouradgea d ' |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Armenian orientalist, historian and diplomat in the Swedish service |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1740 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Constantinople |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1807 |
| Place of death | Bièvres (Essonne) |