Josef Mässrur

Josef Mässrur (born Ghäsim Khan) (also sometimes spelled Josef Messrur [In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan: Being the Record of Three Years' Exploration By Henry Hugh Peter Deasy pg. 284] ) was a Christian Persian missionary to Chinese Turkestan with the Mission Union of Sweden.

Josef was born in Tehran, Persia, of Persian parents. He study medicine and French from a French doctor in Tehran. Afterwards he set up an independent practice.

During his practice a Swedish missionary gave him a New Testament. And he gave his life to Jesus.

When he got baptized he took the name Josef.

In 1894 he joined the Mission Union of Sweden, and went to Xinjiang.

On 5 May 1895, after arriving in Kashgar, he married Anna Nyström, who he had met in Persia. They then worked in Yarkand.

In 1890 they traveled home to Sweden and Persia. They never came back to Chinese Turkestan, but worked in Räscht, and Tehran till his death.

He died on March 31, 1913.

Bibliography

*J. Lundahl (editor), På obanade stigar: Tjugofem år i Ost-Turkestan. Stockholm, Svenska Missionsförbundet Förlag, 1917

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