Annemarie Schimmel (April 7, 1922 - January 26, 2003) was a well known and very influential German Iranologist and scholar who wrote extensively on Islam and Sufism. April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

She received a doctorate in Islamic languages and civilization from the University of Berlin at the age of nineteen. At twenty-three, she became a professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Marburg (Germany), where she earned a second doctorate in the history of religions. There is no institution called the University of Berlin, but there are four universities in Berlin, Germany: Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin) Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin) This is... The Arabic language (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: ), or simply Arabic (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... The University of Marburg, officially called Philipps-Universität Marburg after its founder, the Landgrave Philipp I of Hesse (usually called the Magnanimous), was founded in 1527 and is the worlds first and oldest Protestant university. ...

A turning point in her life came in 1954 when she was appointed Professor of the History of Religion at the University of Ankara (Turkey). There she spent five years teaching in Turkish and immersing herself in the culture and mystical tradition of the country. She was a faculty member at Harvard University from 1967 to 1992 and became Professor Emerita of Indo-Muslim Culture upon her retirement. She was also an honorary professor at the University of Bonn. She published more than 50 books on Islamic literature, mysticism and culture, and translated Persian, Urdu, Arabic, Sindhi and Turkish poetry and literature into English and German. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ankara University (Turkish Ankara Ãœniversitesi ) is a public university in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. ... Harvard University campus (old map) Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is an accredited private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The main building, viewed from the Hofgarten. ...

For her work on Islam, Sufism or mysticism and Muhammad Iqbal, the government of Pakistan honored her with one of its highest civil awards of known as Hilal-e-Imtiaz or 'Crescent of Excellence'. She was showered with many other awards from many countries of the world, including the prestigious Peace Prize of the German book trade. For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mysticism from the Greek μυστικός an initiate (of the Eleusinian Mysteries, μυστήρια meaning initiation[1]) is the pursuit of achieving communion or identity with, or conscious awareness of, ultimate reality, the divine, spiritual truth, or God through direct experience, intuition, or insight; and the belief that such experience is an important source... Sir Dr Muhammad Iqbal Sir Muhammad Iqbal (Urdu: محمد اقبال, Hindi: मुहम्मद इकबाल) (November 9, 1877–April 21, 1938) was an Indian Muslim poet, philosopher and politician, whose poetry in Persian and Urdu is regarded as one of the greatest in modern times. ...

Works by Annemarie Schimmel

• As Through A Veil
• And Muhammad Is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety
• A Dance of Sparks: Imagery of Fire in Ghalib's Poetry
• A Two-Colored Brocade: The Imagery of Persian Poetry
• Deciphering the Signs of God: A Phenomenological Approach to Islam
• Gabriel's Wing: Study into the Religious Ideas of Sir Muhammad Iqbal
• Mystical Dimensions of Islam
• Rumi's World : The Life and Works of the Greatest Sufi Poet
• Look! This Is Love
• The Triumphal Sun: A Study of the Works of Jalaloddinn Rumi
• Islam: An Introduction
• Islamic Calligraphy
• Make A Shield From Wisdom : Selected Verses from Nasir-i Khusraw's Divan
• Ernst Trumpp;: A brief account of his life and work
• The Mystery of Numbers

Bal-i-Jibril (Urdu: با ل جبر یل; or Gabriels Wing; published in Urdu, 1935) was a philosophical poetry book of Allama Iqbal, the great poet-philosopher of Indian Subcontinent. ... Allama Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal Allama Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal (November 9, 1877-April 21, 1938) was an important Indian Muslim poet from the colonial era, a philosopher and thinker of Kashmiri origin. ... Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi or Jalal al-Din Muhammad Balkhi Rumi (also known as Mowlavi or Moulana, meaning my guide in Iran, Central and South Asia or Mevlana meaning our guide in Turkey) (September 30, 1207 - December 17, 1273 CE) was a Persian poet and Sufi mystic, who was...

See also

• Iranology
• Famous Americans in Iran
• Allama Iqbal
• Iqbal scholars

Iranology is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of Iranian cultural continent. ... This is a list of famous or important Iranians: Navigant Technologies Pvt Ltd. ... Allama Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal Allama Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal (November 9, 1877-April 21, 1938) was an important Indian Muslim poet from the colonial era, a philosopher and thinker of Kashmiri origin. ...

External links

• Harvard link
• Biography of Annemarie Schimmel (in Persian)
• Anne Marie Schimmel - Google Search
• An Obituary