Global InformationAlimjan Idris information
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| Born | Alimdzhan Dzhagfarov 1887 Petropavl, Kazakhstan, Russian Empire |
| Died | 1959 Saudi Arabia |
| Resting place | Munich, Germany |
| Spouse | Shamsebanat |
| Children | Orhan, Ildar, Gulnar |
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| Relatives | Janette Sadik-Khan (grandchild) |
Alimjan Idris (Russian: Алимджан Идрис, romanized: Alimdzhan, Tatar: Гaлимҗaн Идрис, Ğalimcan İdris; 1887–1959) was a Tatar Islamic theologian, imam, teacher and reporter. He was born in Russian Empire and throughout his life traveled vastly around the world. In Germany during World War I, he was an important figure among the Muslim prisoners at war camps where he operated as a kind of spiritual leader and assisted them in various ways. For his later affiliation with the Nazi government, Idris has been compared to Amin al-Husseini. According to historian David Motadel, "no person shaped the history of Islam in early twentieth-century Germany more than Idris".[1] During 1920s, for a while, Idris became a part of the Finnish Tatar community, where he was known as a demanding teacher and a Pan Turkic figure.
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