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List of Kurdish scholars

The following is a list of people who have contributed to the Kurdish literature. This list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Kurdish writers and poets from Iran (Persia), Iraq, Turkey (Ottoman Empire), Syria, Russia (Soviet Union), and European countries.

8th century – 9th century

11th century

  • Ali Hariri (Elî Herîrî) (1009–1079), Kurdish poet

12th century

  • Ali ibn al-Athir (1160–1233), Kurdish/Islamic historian, born in Jazira (Cizîre) region
  • Fakhraddin, Yezidi saint, philosopher, poet and scholar
  • Saladin (1137–1193)

13th century

14th century

15th century

16th century

17th century

  • Faqi Tayran (Feqiyê Teyran), (1590–1660), poet, author of Sheik San'an and Battle of DimDim
  • Ali Taramakhi (Eliyê Teremaxî), (1591-1653), linguist and writer
  • Mustafa Besarani, (1642–1701), Kurdish poet

18th century

19th century

  • Mastoura Ardalan (1805–1848), Kurdish poet and historiographer
  • Mawlawi Tawagozi (1806–1882), Kurdish poet and Sufi
  • Haji Qadir Koyi (1817–1897), Kurdish poet
  • Mahwi (1830–1906), Kurdish poet and Sufi
  • Sheikh Rezza Talabani (1835–1910), Kurdish, Iraq
  • Wafaei (1844–1902), Kurdish poet, Iran
  • Edeb (1860–1918), Kurdish poet, Iran
  • Piramerd (1867–1950), Kurdish poet, writer, novelist and journalist, Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Mulla Effendi (1863 - December 31, 1942), Islamic philosopher, scholar, astronomer, and politician
  • Said Nursi (1876–1960), Kurdish Islamic philosopher, Turkey
  • Hajj Nematollah (1871–1919), mystic and poet
  • Zewar (1875-1948), writer and poet

20th and 21st century

See also

References