Wefayi

Wefayi (* 1844 Mahabad ; † 1902 ) with his real name Abdurahim was a Kurdish poet from Iran . In Mahabad he completed his religious studies and became a cleric. Towards the end of his life he moved to Silemani in what is now Iraq . Wefayi went to Mecca for Hajj three times . On his last pilgrimage in 1902 he fell ill and died on the way in the border region of Syria and Iraq.

Wefayi followed the classic rhymes and rhythms of his time in his poems. Mostly he wrote ghazals and Kassides . His poetics often dealt with nature and love. In some of them, Sufism ( Islamic mysticism ) is also the subject of poetry. However, it was his great merit that he introduced the poetic form of Sorani from Silemani to the Kurdish areas of Iran. As a result, he influenced subsequent Kurdish poets such as Hejar .

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• Wafaei in The history of the Kurdish Literature, pp. 347-379 , By: Dr. Marouf Khaznadar, Aras Publishers, Hewler, Iraqi Kurdistan, 2004 (in Kurdish).