H. Achmed Smithy

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Hanspeter Achmed Schmiede , also Hulusi Achmed Schmiede (born December 7, 1935 in Berlin ; † October 10, 2010 ) was a translator of Azerbaijani and Turkish literature . He has also been involved as a convert to Islam in Muslim communities in Germany (especially in Munich and Berlin) since the 1950s .

Live and act

Schmiede converted to Islam in 1957. In 1958 he co-founded the conservative religious journal al-Islam (an article by Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi appeared in the second issue ), which he oversaw for years. In the 1960s he was an important member of the Munich Mosque Construction Commission (forerunner of the Islamic Community in southern Germany ). At their general assembly on March 25, 1962, under the leadership of Said Ramadan , he was elected secretary. On April 13, 1966, Schmiede, who was also involved in the Islamic Center in Munich at the time , was one of the founding members of the “Muslim Community”, the first Turkish association in Munich, which had the first place of prayer in a tenement house near the BMW plant set up for Muslim guest workers . In mid-February 1978, Schmiede left the Islamic Community in southern Germany after a meeting of the General Assembly.

Schmiede was a member of the Karl May Society . He wrote several articles on Turkish or Islamic topics in Karl May's work (already in the first edition of the communications of the Karl May Society from September 1969 there is one from Schmiede, who at the time was a member of the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey and lived in Sinzig ) and even published a poem May ( Greetings to us ... ) in the book he translated, Small Textbook of Islam .

The collection of Azerbaijani fairy tales The Petrified City (1975), which the blacksmith, then living in Berlin, translated for the series Fairy Tales of the Peoples of the Soviet Union published in the GDR , was, according to him, the first book to be translated directly from Azerbaijani into German in over a hundred years .

Schmiede was an employee of DİTİB . For this he also translated numerous Islamic writings into German.

At the end of 1987 Schmiede became a member of the Association for the History of Berlin , for whose newsletter he wrote an article about the Ottoman ambassador Aziz Ali Efendi , who was buried in the Turkish cemetery in Berlin in 1798 .

For his translation of Dede Korkut's book - The National Epic of the Oghuz , Schmiede was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1997 by the Baku State University . In addition, the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan appointed him senior research fellow in the local text research department and entrusted him with the complete re-evaluation and preparation of a text-critical edition of the Dresden manuscript.

In the last years of his life, Schmiede translated the travel reports of various Muslim seafarers of the 16th century, such as Piri Reis and Barbarossa's colleague Muradi, which he published himself in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler .

Schmiede had two sons. He died on October 10, 2010 and is buried in Cologne's Westfriedhof .

Publications (selection)

  • Small Islamic Catechism (= Publications of the Authority for Religious Affairs . No. 79). Compiled by Mehmet Soymen. Translated by Hulusi Ahmed Forge. Religious Affairs Authority , Ankara 1960.
  • Al-Islam. Muslim almanac for the year 1389 after the Hijra (1969/1970) . Ahmet Sait Matbaası, Istanbul 1969.
  • We and Karl May . In: Communications from the Karl May Society . Volume 1, No. 1. Hamburg 1969, pp. 15-17.
  • Aras Ören : What does Niyazi want in Naunynstrasse? A poem . From the Turkish by H. Achmed Schmiede and Johannes Schenk . Rotbuch Verlag , Berlin 1973. ISBN 3-88022-001-8 .
  • Aras Ören: The short dream from Kagithane. A poem . From the Turkish by H. Achmed Schmiede. Rotbuch Verlag, Berlin 1974. ISBN 3-88022-120-0 .
  • Bahtiyar Vahabzade : I am a son of Azerbaijan ... poems . German with an introduction by H. Achmed Schmiede. Önder Matbaa, Ankara 1975.
  • The petrified city. Azerbaijani fairy tales . Translated from Azerbaijan by H. Achmed Schmiede. Illustrations by Marianne Schäfer. Volk und Welt publishing house , Berlin 1975.
  • al-Islam (ed.): Islam in our time (= series of publications of the Islamic Center Munich . No. 2). Islamic Center, Munich 1976. Also ed. by Islamic Community in Germany eV 3rd edition. Islamic Center Munich, Munich 2005. ISBN 3-89263-002-X .
  • The rooster and the padishah. Folk tales from Azerbaijan . Selected and translated from Azerbaijan into German by H. Achmed Schmiede. Edition Holz in the children's book publisher , Berlin 1977.
  • Winnetou and Kara Ben Nemsi - our brothers. Islam in Karl May . In: materials for political education 2/1980. Bonn 1980, pp. 41-43.
  • Aysel Özakın : Should I grow old here? Narratives . From Turkish by HA Schmiede. Buntbuch-Verlag , Hamburg 1982. ISBN 3-88653-017-5 . Also in Goldmann , Munich 1988. ISBN 3-442-21026-7 .
  • Learn Islam - Live Islam! A learning and reading book for all school years (= the publications of the Foundation for Turkish Religious Affairs . No. 19; series of scientific works . 4). Designed after Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Yavrularımıza din dersleri . Drawings and pictograms: Hassan-Ingo Schmiede. Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı, Anka 1985.
  • Islamic prayer . Designed by H. Achmed Schmiede after Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Yavrularımıza Din Dersleri . Diyanet İşleri Türk-Islam Birliği, Ankara and Cologne 1986.
  • Friends of Islam Berlin eV in cooperation with the Turkish-Islamic Union of the Institute for Religion eV (ed.): 120 years of the Turkish cemetery in Berlin (= current Islamic literature. Islam aktuell . No. 2). Friends of Islam; Berlin 1987.
  • Small textbook of Islam (= series of publications of the Turkish-Islamic Union of the Institute for Religion eV 3). Translated from Turkish. Designed after a work by Ahmed Hamdi Akseki. Pictograms: Hassan Schmiede. Turkish-Islamic Union of the Institute for Religion, Ankara 1987.
  • Karl May and Islam . In: al-Islam , episodes 3 to 6/87 and 1/88.
  • Osman Keskioğlu : The life of the Prophet Muhammed (= Diyanet Işleri Türk-Islam Birliği . 4). Translated from Turkish by H. Achmed Schmiede. Diyanet, Ankara 1988.
  • The thing with the mushrooms ; The very big love ; Belief and deed ; I do the prayer . In: Monika and Udo Tworuschka : Reading book for foreign religions. For children aged 8-14 . Volume 1 (= Judaism - Islam ). Kaufmann, Lahr ( ISBN 3-7806-2179-7 ) and Patmos , Düsseldorf ( ISBN 3-491-80023-4 ) 1988.
  • Bahtiyar Vahabzade: “From Karabaĝ the melody…” Highlights from the work of the Azerbaijani folk poet Bahtiyar Vahabzade as a poet, playwright, storyteller, publicist and politician . Text selection and translation from Azerbaijani Turkish H. Achmed Schmiede. With a reflection by Tschingis Aitmatow . Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı, Istanbul 1990. ISBN 975-498-033-0 .
  • Süleyman Hayri Bolay : The Message of the Koran (= publications of the Turkish Foundation for Religious Affairs ). Translated from Turkish by H. Achmed Schmiede. Türkiye Diyanet Vakfi, Ankara 1990. ISBN 975-389-044-3 .
  • Our Hodscha Nasreddin (= publications of the Turkish Foundation for Religious Affairs ). Translated from Turkish by H. Achmed Schmiede. Illustrated by Mustafa Delioğlu . Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı, Ankara u. a. 1990. ISBN 975-389-048-6 .
  • Ali Aziz Efendi: intuitions of the heart. Tassavvuf - the inner way of Islam . Transferred from Ottoman Turkish into German by H. Achmed Schmiede on the basis of two complementary manuscripts. Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı, Istanbul 1990. ISBN 975-498-034-9 .
  • The gracious Koran (Kur'ân-i Kerîm) . Original text with German translation (= publications of the Turkish Religious Foundation . 33). Translation by Max Henning . Editing and overall conception by H. Achmed Schmiede. Editing preparation Halil Öztürk. Turkish-Islamic Union of the Institute for Religion eV, Ankara 1991. ISBN 975-389-053-2 .
  • Zülmette veten duyğuları. Kızıl Rus ve Şahlık İran istibdadı yıllarında Azerbaycan şiirinden örnekler (= Sanat ve edebiyat kitapları serisi . 2; Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı yayınları . No. 60). Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı, Ankara 1991. ISBN 975-389-051-6 .
  • Aysel Özakın: Your voice is yours. Stories (= Luchterhand Collection . 1103). Translated from Turkish by Hanne Egghardt and HA Schmiede. Luchterhand , Hamburg and Zurich 1992. ISBN 3-630-71103-0 .
  • Hayrettin Karaman : What is allowed and what is forbidden (= publications of the Turkish Religious Foundation . 54). Translated from Turkish by H. Achmed Schmiede. 2nd Edition. Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı, Ankara 1993. ISBN 975-389-043-5 .
  • Ali Fuad Başgil : Have a word, young people! In Téte-à-Téte with the youth (= publications of the Turkish Religious Foundation ). Translation H. Achmed Schmiede. 2nd Edition. Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı, Ankara 1994. ISBN 975-389-031-1 .
  • Dede Korkut's book. The national epic of the Oghusen (= Kitab-i Dede Korkut ). From the Oghusian Turkish by H. Achmed Schmiede. Illustrations by Lilija Dinere . Verlag Anadolu , Hückelhoven 1995. ISBN 3-86121-034-7 . Also at Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Turkey 1995. ISBN 975-17-1550-4 .
  • M. Yaşar Kandemir : I get to know my prophet . Translated from Turkish by H. Achmed Schmiede. Damla Yayınevi, Istanbul 1998.
  • There is always truth in such strange names […] (geographic sermons) . In: Communications from the Karl May Society . Volume 31, No. 121. Hamburg 1999, pp. 10-12.
  • M. Zekâî Konrapa : Muhammed el-Emin. Man - prophet - statesman. (Siyer-i Nebi) (= publications of the Turkish-Islamic Union of the Institute for Religion eV ). Editing and German translation by H. Achmed Schmiede. Diyanet İşleri Türk-İslam Birliği, Cologne and Ankara 2000.
  • SARK ÇEMBERI - Karl May speaks Turkish! In: Communications from the Karl May Society . Volume 36, No. 139. Hamburg 2004, pp. 30–33.
  • Pirî Reis : About seas and explorers. Introduction to: The Book of Seafaring (Kitab-i Bahriye) . Translation from Ottoman Turkish based on the manuscript Ayasofya (Istanbul) 2612. HA Schmiede, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler 2006. 2007 and 2009 there in an expanded and corrected edition, translation from Ottoman Turkish based on the manuscript Ayasofya 2612 (Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, Istanbul ) and Mscr. Dresden. Eb 389 (Saxon State Library, Dresden).
  • Grandfather Korkut's book. The oghusian national epic; translated from the manuscript Ms. Diez A Fol. 61 = (Kitab-i Dede Qorqud) in the possession of the Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage, Orient Department . HA Schmiede, Ahrweiler 2007.
  • Seyyid Muradi: privateer and admiral. The caper trips of the Kapudan Pasha Chaireddin Barbarossa . According to his own descriptions, written down by his colleague Muradi. Based on the Turkish version by Ertuğrul Düzdağ. German translation and preface: H. Achmed Schmiede. HA Schmiede, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler 2007.
  • Seydi Ali Reis : The mirror of the countries . Based on the manuscripts Diez A. 8.̊181 and Diez A. 8.̊28 in the possession of the State Library of Berlin Prussian Cultural Heritage - Orient Department - translated into German by H. Achmed Schmiede. HA Schmiede, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler 2007.
  • Pirî Reis: The Book of Seafaring (Kitâb-i Bahrîye) . 2 volumes. German translation of the four-volume edition of the photo reproduction of the manuscript by H. Achmed Schmiede located in the Hagia Sophia Library in Istanbul under the code 2612. HA Schmiede, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler 2009.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ادبی اجتماعیتیمیزه بؤیوک ایتکی! , Azer-online ( online ( memento of the original dated February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.azer-online.com
  2. ↑ Ahmet Schmiede ebediyete uğurlandı October 14, 2010 . Samanyolu Avrupa Haber , October 14, 2010 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Suzan Gülfirat : Journalism as Intercultural Dialogue - Examples . In: Factual 1. Integration Commissioner of the State of Lower Saxony, Hanover 2008, p. 26 ( PDF ).
  4. ^ Stefan Meining : A mosque in Germany. Nazis, Secret Services, and the Rise of Political Islam in the West . Beck Verlag, Munich 2011, p. 125 f.
  5. ^ Stefan Meining: A mosque in Germany. Nazis, Secret Services, and the Rise of Political Islam in the West . Beck Verlag, Munich 2011, p. 141.
  6. ^ Stefan Meining: A mosque in Germany. Nazis, Secret Services, and the Rise of Political Islam in the West . Beck Verlag, Munich 2011, p. 173.
  7. ^ Stefan Meining: A mosque in Germany. Nazis, Secret Services, and the Rise of Political Islam in the West . Beck Verlag, Munich 2011, p. 177.
  8. ↑ a b KMG-Nachrichten 113 - September 1997 ( online ).
  9. ↑ H. Achmed Schmiede: We and Karl May . In: Communications from the Karl May Society . Volume 1, No. 1. Hamburg 1969, p. 15 ( online ).
  10. ↑ Herbert Wieser: News about Karl May . In: Communications from the Karl May Society . Volume 21, No. 80. Hamburg 1989, p. 59 ( online ).
  11. ↑ Welta Ehlert : The »Märchentante« - A splendid volume for every Soviet republic . In: Simone Barck and Siegfried Lokatis (eds.): Window to the world. A history of the GDR publishing house Volk & Welt . 2nd Edition. Links, Berlin 2005, p. 309.
  12. ↑ Ursula Spuler-Stegemann : Muslims in Germany: Side by side or with each other? (= Herder spectrum . Volume 4419). Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1998, p. 200.
  13. ^ New members in the fourth quarter of 1987 . In: Communications from the Association for the History of Berlin . 84th year, issue 1, January 1988, p. 35 ( PDF ); 190 years ago… the death of the Turkish ambassador Ali Aziz Efendi . In: Communications from the Association for the History of Berlin . 84th volume, issue 4, October 1988, pp. 101-107 ( PDF ).
  14. ↑ a b Ahmet forge toprağa verildi . Haber7 , October 13, 2010 ( online ).
  15. ↑ DİTİB Yönetim Kurulu: Başsağlığı mesajı . DİTİB Online Haber Bülteni & Basın Açıklamaları , October 11, 2010 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Schmiede, H. Achmed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blacksmith, Hanspeter Achmed; Blacksmith, Hulusi Achmed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION translator
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin , Germany
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 2010