- Faqi Tayran
Faqi Tayran, (or Feqiyê Teyran), (1590-1660) is considered as one of the great classic Kurdish poets and writers. His real name was "Mir Mihemed". He was born in a village called "Miks" in the
Hakkari region of theOttoman Empire (present-day south-easternTurkey ). In his youth, he went toCizre (Botan) region (in present-dayŞırnak province) to study under the supervision of the well known Kurdish poet,Malaye Jaziri .Works
Faqi Tayran has several literary works including "Wesfê şêxê senhanî" (In Praise of Sheik San'an), "Qewlê Hespê Reş"(The Tale of the Black Horse) and "Ber Sîs". His works are greatly influenced by the Kurdish
Folklore tales. He also wrote several poems. The most famous among them are the pastoral poems he wrote while corresponding withMalaye Jaziri . Faqi Tayran is also credited for contributing the earliest literary account of the Battle of Dimdim in 1609-1610 betweenKurds andSafavid Empire [http://www.iranica.com/articles/v7/v7f4/v7f446.html] . In Kurdish oral traditions (Bayt), literary works, and histories, this battle was treated as a struggle of the Kurdish people against foreign domination. In fact, Bayt dimdim is considered a national epic second only to Mem û Zîn (Mam and Zin) byAhmad Khani . It is known in both theKurmanji andSorani dialects of Kurdish and in Armenian.The Famous Kurdish poet
Ahmad Khani expressed own ideal role as a poet and a thinker in this way:"Then I would hoist the flag of rhymed speech to the sky.
I would resurrect
Malaye Jaziri ,bring Ali Hariri to life
and give Faqi Tayran such joy
that it would fill him with admiration for ever."
This is considered to be the first reference to Kurdish literature ever given by a
Kurd or a non-Kurd.References
# [http://www.navkurd.de/edebiyat.htm#feqi Life and Works of Faqi Tayran (in Kurdish)]
# [http://www.rojanu.org/orte-filer/edebiyat/edeb-klasik-filer/feqiye_teyra.htm Kurdish Classic Literature]
#Shakely, Farhad, [http://www.kerkuk-kurdistan.com/kulturek.asp?ser=4&cep=3&nnimre=310 Classic and Modern Kurdish Poetry] , University of Uppsala, Sweden
# [http://www.iranica.com/articles/v7/v7f4/v7f446.html Battle of DimDim in Encyclopaedia Iranica]
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