Jean Baptiste Rousseau (orientalist)

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Spouse(s) Élisabeth Outrey		Parents Jean-François Rousseau
Full Name Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Jacques-Joseph Rousseau Born 10 December 1780 Villeneuve-le-Roi Occupation Orientalist Iranologist Translators Died 22 February 1831, Tripoli, Lebanon

Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Jacques-Joseph Rousseau, most often called Jean-Baptiste Rousseau or Joseph Rousseau, (10 December 1780 – 22 February 1831) was an early 19th-century French orientalist.

He was the son of Jean-François Rousseau or Rousseau of Persia (1753-1808), consul of France in Basra and Baghdad and Anne-Marie Sahid. Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, married with Élisabeth Outrey, was himself consul in Basra in 1805, consul général in Aleppo and regent of Tripoli (1808).

Works

1809: Description du pachalik de Bagdad, suivi d'une Notice historique sur les Wahabis

1813: Itinéraire de Perse par la voie de Bagdad

1817: Mélanges d’histoire et de littérature orientales

1818: Mémoire sur trois plus fameuses sectes du musulmanisme, les Wahabis, les Nosaïris et les Ismaélis

1818: Notice historique sur la Perse ancienne et moderne

References

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