Ehmedê Xanî

Bust of Ehmedê Xanî in Sulaimaniyya

Ehmedê Xanî ( احمد خانی Aḥmad-e Ḫānī ; * 1651 ; † 1707 ) was a Kurdish writer , scholar and poet . Some authors consider him the founder of Kurdish nationalism.

Xanî was born in what is now the Turkish province of Hakkâri and belonged to the Eşiret of the Xanî. He traveled to the different regions of Kurdistan and lived for a long time in the Kurdish principality of Botan . Xanî spoke Kurdish , Persian and Arabic . In 1683 he wrote a children's dictionary in rhyme form with the title Nûbihar , the first Kurdish primer for children. It includes 950 Arabic terms and their meaning in the Kurdish language.

His most famous work is the story Mem û Zîn , a love story from 1692. The story consists of 2,655 verses. It also contains a description of Kurdish society in the 17th century.

Ehmedê Xanî died in 1707 and was buried in a Türbe near the Ishak Pasha Palace near Doğubeyazıt.

Works

Mem û Zîn (love drama, comparable to Romeo and Juliet )
Nûbahara Biçûkan (children's book - primer)
Eqîda Îmanê (ideology and belief)
Eqîdeya Îslamê (the belief of Islam )
Erdê Xweda (written about astronomy )
Fî Beyanî Erkanî Îslam (Fundamentals of Islam)

Web links

Ehmedê Xanî . In: Ehsan Yarshater (Ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica (English, including references)

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.kurdishacademy.org/?q=node/81
^ Mehmed Uzun : Kürt edebiyatına giriş. Ithaki Publishing 2006, p. 27
↑ Anthony C. LoBaido, Yumi Ng, Paul Rozario: The Kurds of Asia . Lerner Publications, 2003, ISBN 978-0-8225-0664-5 , pp. 35 ( google.de [accessed on January 10, 2019]).
↑ Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi ': Spiritual Dimensions of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's Risale-I Nur: The Supreme Court of Israel and the Occupied Territories . SUNY Press, ISBN 978-0-7914-7815-8 , pp. 312 ( google.de [accessed on January 10, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Xanî, Ehmedê
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ahmad Khani, Ahmad-î Khânî
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Kurdish writer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH	1651
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hakkari
DATE OF DEATH	1707
Place of death	at Doğubeyazıt

[1] ttp://www.kurdishacademy.org/?q=node/81

[2] Mehmed Uzun : Kürt edebiyatına giriş. Ithaki Publishing 2006, p. 27

[3] Anthony C. LoBaido, Yumi Ng, Paul Rozario: The Kurds of Asia . Lerner Publications, 2003, ISBN 978-0-8225-0664-5 , pp. 35 ( google.de [accessed on January 10, 2019]).

[4] Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi ': Spiritual Dimensions of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's Risale-I Nur: The Supreme Court of Israel and the Occupied Territories . SUNY Press, ISBN 978-0-7914-7815-8 , pp. 312 ( google.de [accessed on January 10, 2019]).