The first Yazidis to immigrate to Germany 1835

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It is estimated that today in Germany there are between 80 000 to 100 000 of the Yazidis. The first few people who settled in Germany came as working-class emigrants from Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s. In their homeland, Yazidis have been and are subject to constant religious, social, and sometimes institutional discrimination.

According to the expert opinion of the former Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Dr. Herbert Schnor and the orientalist Prof. Dr. Gernot Wiesner in the Stader case, which recognized Yazidis as a persecuted group, Yazidis from Turkey finally received the right to asylum. As a result, almost all the approximately 35,000 Yazidis who arrived from Turkey migrated to Germany.

However, it is likely that the first Yazidis set foot on German soil about 125 years before the first working-class emigrants and immediately made headlines with his arrival.

During the Russian-Turkish war of 1828 and 1829, a wave of Yazidi refugees poured into Transcaucasia. Many large Yazidi tribes were forced to leave their homeland and subsequently found protection under the rule of Russia, which, unlike the Ottoman Empire, did not apply a policy of religious discrimination to Yazidis.
One of these tribes was the Hassini tribe, which settled in Surmali, formerly under Russian rule, and now lying on the Turkish-Armenian border. Muslim neighbors feared the hasini tribe as a rebellious tribe. Their tribal name is derived from the term "hasin" for iron, and means something like "Iron". During the war, the Hasini joined the Russian armed forces and fought on the Russian side against the Ottoman and Kurdish forces. On September 15, 1828, a Russian official told Marshal Ivan Paskevich (1782-1856): "the Yazidi fighters of the Hassini tribe demonstrated their loyalty and bravery very impressively: they always went ahead of us and stood on the front line." Also known is the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), who personally visited the Hassini tribe and praised them for their courage.

A Hassini rider who fought in the Russian cavalry rarely gained fame. Under Russian Marshal Ivan Paskevich, a young Yazidi horseman was stationed in what is now Poland. As a gifted, skilled horseman and a brave fighter, Yazidis was invited to Berlin as a guest by the Prussian army in 1835 because of his riding skills. Thus, they were the first Yazidis to set foot on German soil for the first time. He impressed the public with his skilful riding skills and made the papers.

His tribesmen were even more delighted when 20 years later they were visited by the German traveler August von Hackthausen (1792-1866), who came directly from Berlin. The background of Hechthausen was able to see the talent of young Yazidis and described one of his above:

"He [a young Yazidi rider, editor's note. Ed. He accompanied us when we said goodbye on a stretch of road, and we had the opportunity to admire his skillful riding skills. For example, he placed about 20 hats 40-50 paces apart in two rows, so that his horse had to run between them, and then in a full carry, he would pick up one hat after the other hand, first on the right, then on the left, and throw them in the air. The dexterity with which he leaned down to the right, then to the left of the horse, and then in the blink of an eye threw himself on the other side, without falling or missing the goal of reaching for his cap, was admirable. Throwing 20 lids in the air, one after the other, each time showed us that it was a success!", - said the traveler.

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The first Yazidis to immigrate to Germany 1835

2020/12/01-1607756370.jpg
Read: 2159     12:00     12 Декабрь 2020    

It is estimated that today in Germany there are between 80 000 to 100 000 of the Yazidis. The first few people who settled in Germany came as working-class emigrants from Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s. In their homeland, Yazidis have been and are subject to constant religious, social, and sometimes institutional discrimination.

According to the expert opinion of the former Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Dr. Herbert Schnor and the orientalist Prof. Dr. Gernot Wiesner in the Stader case, which recognized Yazidis as a persecuted group, Yazidis from Turkey finally received the right to asylum. As a result, almost all the approximately 35,000 Yazidis who arrived from Turkey migrated to Germany.

However, it is likely that the first Yazidis set foot on German soil about 125 years before the first working-class emigrants and immediately made headlines with his arrival.

During the Russian-Turkish war of 1828 and 1829, a wave of Yazidi refugees poured into Transcaucasia. Many large Yazidi tribes were forced to leave their homeland and subsequently found protection under the rule of Russia, which, unlike the Ottoman Empire, did not apply a policy of religious discrimination to Yazidis.
One of these tribes was the Hassini tribe, which settled in Surmali, formerly under Russian rule, and now lying on the Turkish-Armenian border. Muslim neighbors feared the hasini tribe as a rebellious tribe. Their tribal name is derived from the term "hasin" for iron, and means something like "Iron". During the war, the Hasini joined the Russian armed forces and fought on the Russian side against the Ottoman and Kurdish forces. On September 15, 1828, a Russian official told Marshal Ivan Paskevich (1782-1856): "the Yazidi fighters of the Hassini tribe demonstrated their loyalty and bravery very impressively: they always went ahead of us and stood on the front line." Also known is the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), who personally visited the Hassini tribe and praised them for their courage.

A Hassini rider who fought in the Russian cavalry rarely gained fame. Under Russian Marshal Ivan Paskevich, a young Yazidi horseman was stationed in what is now Poland. As a gifted, skilled horseman and a brave fighter, Yazidis was invited to Berlin as a guest by the Prussian army in 1835 because of his riding skills. Thus, they were the first Yazidis to set foot on German soil for the first time. He impressed the public with his skilful riding skills and made the papers.

His tribesmen were even more delighted when 20 years later they were visited by the German traveler August von Hackthausen (1792-1866), who came directly from Berlin. The background of Hechthausen was able to see the talent of young Yazidis and described one of his above:

"He [a young Yazidi rider, editor's note. Ed. He accompanied us when we said goodbye on a stretch of road, and we had the opportunity to admire his skillful riding skills. For example, he placed about 20 hats 40-50 paces apart in two rows, so that his horse had to run between them, and then in a full carry, he would pick up one hat after the other hand, first on the right, then on the left, and throw them in the air. The dexterity with which he leaned down to the right, then to the left of the horse, and then in the blink of an eye threw himself on the other side, without falling or missing the goal of reaching for his cap, was admirable. Throwing 20 lids in the air, one after the other, each time showed us that it was a success!", - said the traveler.

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