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Abu Dhabi, UAE, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Samarkand, Mausoleum Gur-i Amir
Samarkand, Registan, Ulugh Beg Madresa, Ulugh Beg with scholars (astronomers)
With the Nissan Xterra on the way back from Doha, Qatar to Berlin (Nov. 2016) in Mada'in Saleh, Saudi Arabia
King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (ITHRA), Dahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Camels in Shahaniyya, Qatar before the race
'Imperial Days' in Constantinople, Kaiser Wilhelm II and Mehmed V in the carriage, 1917
Nemrud Dağı, Eastern Turkey (1988)
Iznik plate with Panther, wearing a bell on a chain, 16th c., Museum of Islamic Art (MIA), Doha, Qatar
Camel ride next to the Pyramids (in the background Agfa advertisment): photo album documenting a Mediterranean trip (1928)
The German Islamic scholar, orientalist, writer and translator Annemarie Schimmel, who was born on April 7, 1922 in Erfurt and died on January 26, 2003 in Bonn, has published numerous works about the Orient, Islam and Sufism, as well as important translations from Arabic and Turkish , Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Dari and Sindhi.