Faqi Tayran
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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 the Ottoman Empire (present-day south-eastern Turkey). In his youth, he went to Cizre(Botan) region (in present-day Şırnak province) to study under the supervision of the well known Kurdish poet, Malaye Jaziri.
[edit] 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 with Malaye Jaziri. Faqi Tayran is also credited for contributing the earliest literary account of the Battle of Dimdim in 1609-1610 between Kurds and Safavid Empire [1]. 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) by Ahmad Khani. It is known in both the Kurmanji and Sorani 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.
[edit] References
- Life and Works of Faqi Tayran (in Kurdish)
- Kurdish Classic Literature
- Shakely, Farhad, Classic and Modern Kurdish Poetry, University of Uppsala, Sweden
- Battle of DimDim in Encyclopaedia Iranica
