Johannes Avetaranian, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Mullah in Turkey
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Place of Birth: Erzurum, Turkey
About Johannes Avetaranian
- Johannes Avetaranian (Erzurum, Ottoman Empire, June 30, 1861 – Wiesbaden, Germany on December 11, 1919), born Muhammad Shukri (Turkish: Mehmet Sükri), was, according to his autobiography, a Turkish descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
- Avetaranian was originally a mullah in Turkey who converted from Islam to Christianity, and later became a missionary for the Swedish Mission Covenant Church in Southern Xinjiang (1892–1938).
- He translated the New Testament into the Uyghur language.
- He preached Christianity in Xinjiang and at a Swedish Protestant mission.
- He died in 1919, aged 58, in Wiesbaden.
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