Feqiyê_Teyran
Feqiyê Teyran
Kurdish poet (1590–1660)
Feqiyê Teyran (born Mir Mehemed, Kurdish: فەقیێ تەیران, romanized: Feqiyê Teyran, 1590–1660)[1] was a Kurdish poet who wrote in Kurmanji.[2] He is best known for his work Zembîlfiroş,[3] and is also credited for writing the first literary account of the Battle of Dimdim which took place in 1609 and 1610.[4] He is considered a pioneer in Kurdish Sufi literature and one of the founders of the Kurdish literary tradition with Ali Hariri, Melayê Cizîrî, Mela Huseynê Bateyî and Ehmedê Xanî.[5]