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Vocabularium anatomiae latine-turcice.  [Qamūs te šrih lātīnğe-türkğe]. 

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First edition of a comprehensive glossary of anatomical terms in Latin with corresponding translation in Ottoman Turkish, intended for medical students among the increasingly large Turkish community in Germany, by the Syrian Ottoman officer turned Berlin publicist, arms dealer, and Muslim activist Zeki Kiram (1886–1946). 

The glossary also includes advertisements in Turkish for, among other things, Zeiss microscopes, and the manufacturers and retailers of various types of medical equipment, suggesting a publication designed specifically for medical students and professionals. Among the advertisements are also some for publishers and bookshops, including Kiram’s own Morgen- and Abendland-Verlag (Maktabat al-Sharq wa-l-Gharb al-Ilmiyya fî Berlin), which he started in partnership with his wife, Gertrud Neuendorff (1886–1983). 

‘Zekî Hishmat-Bey Kirâm (1886–1946) was a former Syrian officer in the Turkish army.  He was transferred to Berlin for medical treatment after being wounded during World War I.  After his settlement in Germany, he established himself as a Muslim publicist and took a prominent position in Berlin (1920s–1940s).  The Berlin of Kirâm’s time witnessed a lengthy history of Muslim émigré activism, boasting numerous Muslim publications and established Muslim institutions.  Besides, Kirâm played a rather significant role as an agent in Germany’s arms deals with the Muslim world through his mediation with the authorities of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iraq and Afghanistan’ (Umar Riyad, ‘From an Officer in the Ottoman Army to a Muslim Publicist and Armament Agent in Berlin’, Bibliotheca Orientalis 2006, p. 238).

Kiram studied dentistry at the Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität, and in addition to his medical and publishing interests, he was president of the Berlin branch of the General Islamic Congress, a prolific pamphleteer, and later, an agent dealing with arms exports to Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan in the late 1930s.  For a survey of Kiram’s life and activities, see Umar Riyad, ‘From an Officer in the Ottoman Army to a Muslim Publicist and Armament Agent in Berlin’, Bibliotheca Orientalis 2006, pp. 235-268.

OCLC finds only two copies in North America, at Illinois and McGill, along with copies at National Library of Israel, German National Library, and at the Humboldt-Universität Bibliothek in Berlin.  Library Hub finds a single copy in the UK, at the British Library.

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