Ali Hariri or Sheikh Ahmed Bohtani[1] (Kurdish: Elî Herîrî; 1009 in Harir – 1079/1080)[2][3] was a Kurdish poet who wrote in Kurmanji and considered a pioneer in classical Kurdish Sufi literature and a founder of the Kurdish literary tradition.[4][5]
Biography
editHariri was born in 1009 in the village of Harir, part of the Hakkâri district of Bohtan.[2][6] He was first mentioned by Ahmad Khani in the 17th century, and limited information is known about him.[4] His poetry focused on love, love for Kurdistan, its beautiful nature and the beauty of its people. The poems were popular and spread all over Kurdistan.[1] According to historian Muhibbî, Hariri moved to Damascus to study and had a son named Şex Ehmed (d. 1048) who possibly was a mullah and a faqih.[7]
He died in Cizre and his grave is considered a sacred place and visited by numerous people every year.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Kaymak, Wedat (1990). Les éternels exilés (PDF) (in French). Paris: Association des cineastes kurdes en exil. p. 73. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ a b Hajj, Hussain (2018). "Transformations Of Kurdish Music In Syria: Social And Political Factors" (PDF). Istanbul Technical University Department of Musicology and Music Theory: 20.
- ^ Mccarus, Ernest Nasseph (1958). A Kurdish Grammar: Descriptive Analysis of the Kurdish of Sulaimaniya, Iraq. American Council of Learned Societies. p. 6.
- ^ a b al-Karadaghi, Mustafa. Kurdistan Times. p. 190.
- ^ Özel, Ahmet (2016). "FAKĪ-yi TEYRÂN". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish).
- ^ Cemal, Onursal (1995). "Kurdiska mannen höjer sin röst!" (PDF). Arsivakurd.org (in Swedish). Kurdistans Kvinnoförbund. p. 34. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ Yûsuf, Abdulreqîb (1988). Şaîrên klasîk ên Kurd (in Kurdish). JM Weşanen Jîna Nû. pp. 13–15. ISBN 9197092789.
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