MARKWART (Marquart), Josef

MARKWART, Josef (until 1922 Marquart). Reichenbach am Heuberg, Württemberg 9.12.1864 — Berlin 4/5.2.1930. German German Oriental Scholar. Professor in Berlin. Born in a Catholic peasant family, son of Anton M. (1834–1909) and Maria Magdalena Moser (1845–1909). Studies of Catholic theology at Tübingen, but soon Oriental languages (especially Arabic and Armenian), history and classics at Bonn. Ph.D. 1893 Tübingen. PD 1897 in Ancient History there. Until 1900 worked in Tübingen. From 1900 Assistant and in 1902-12 Curator of Ethnographical Museum in Leiden, from 1902 also PD for languages of Christian Orient, Leiden. From 1912 ao. and 1920 ord. Professor of Iranian and Armenian philology at Berlin. Died in an accident. Married 1901 Emilie Sabina Schulten (1870–1910), one daughter.

Markwart was a good classical scholar, who also knew a great number of classical languages of Asia and was familiar with African ethnology. He wrote important studies on ancient geography and history of the Near East and Iran, in which he also extensively dealt with special questions not indicated by the titles. Although partly antiquated his detailed studies are a mine of interesting ideas. Among his students were G. Messina and H. H. Schaeder.

Publications: Diss. “Die Assyriaka des Ktesias”, Philologus, Supplementband 6, 1893, 501-658.

– “Untersuchungen zur Geschichte von Eran”, Philologus 54, 1895, 489-527 & 55, 1896, 213-244; “Beiträge zur Geschichte und Sage von Eran”, ZDMG 49, 1896, 628-673; “Untersuchungen zur Geschichte von Eran II”, Philologus, Supplementband 10, 1907, 1-258.

Fundamente israelitischer und jüdischer Geschichte. 88 p. Lp. 1896.

– “Historische Glossen zu den alttürkischen Inschriften”, WZKM 12, 1898, 157-200; Die Chronologie der alttürkischen Inscriften. 112 p. Lp. 1898; “Chronologische Untersuchungen”, Philologus, Supplementband 7, 1900, 637-720; Osteuropäische und ostasiatische Streifzüge. 50+557 p. Lp. 1903.

Eranšahr nach der Geographie des Pseudo Moses Xorenac’i. Abh. der Ges. der Wiss. zu Göttingen, Philol.-hist. Klasse, N. F. 3, 1899-1901, 358 p.

Die Benin-Sammlung des Reichsmuseums für Völkerkunde in Leiden, beschrieben und mit ausführlichen Prolegomena zur Geschichte der Handelswege und Völkerbewegungen in Nordafrika versehen. 367+132 p. Veröff. des Reichsmuseums für Völkerkunde in Leiden 2:7. Leiden 1913.

– “Über das Volkstum der Komanen”, AGWGött. Philol.-hist. Klasse, N. F. 13:1, 1914, 25-238.

With Johann Jakob Maria de Groot, “Das Reich Zābul und der Gott Žūn vom 6.–9. Jahrhundert”, Festschift Eduard Sachau. Berlin 1915, 248–292.

– “Ein arabischer Bericht über d. arktischen (uralischen) Länder aus d. 10. Jahrhundert”, Ungar. Jahrbücher 4, 1924, 261-334; Südarmenien und die Tigrisquellen nach griechischen und arabischen Geographen. 4+125+648 p. Studien zur armenischen Gesch. 4. Vienna 1930; “Woher stammt der Name Kaukasus?”, Caucasica 6:1, 1930, 25-69; “Die Sigynnen”, Caucasica 10, 1932, 1-42; Wehrot und Arang. Untersuchungen zur mythischen and geschichtlichen Landeskunde des Ostiran. 63+202 p. Ld. 1938 (ed. by H. H. Schaeder).

Das erste Kapitel des Gāθā Uštavatī (Yasna 43). 7+6+80 p. Orientalia 50. Rome 1930.

A Catalogue of the Provincial Capitals of Erānsahr. Ed. by J. Messina. 120 p. Analecta Orientalia (Pontif. Inst. Bibl.) 3. Rome 1931.

Shorter articles in Handes Amsorya, etc.

Sources: *V.V.Bartol’d, Izv. ANSSSR obšč. nauk 1931, 387-402 and *German transl. in Wehrot und Arang, 16*-29*; *G. Messina, Nachruf and photo in Gāθā Uštavatī. 1930 (above); Vl. Minorsky, BSOS 5, 1930, 897-902 and *JA 217, 1930, 313-324; P. Pelliot, TP 27, 1930, 236f.; *H.H. Schaeder, Ungarische Jahrb. 10, 1930, 113-119; R. Schmitt, N.D.B. 16, 1990, 227 and *Encyclop. Iranica 2000 (online 2014, long article going to details of his publications); Wikipedia with photo.

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