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Evdilsemedê Babek or Abdussamed Babek (born in Hakkâri; 972–1019)[1] was a Kurdish poet who with Ali Hariri were the first to write in Kurdish (Kurmanji).[1][2] Beside Kurdish, Babek also wrote in Arabic[3] and has been described as the first Kurdish poet to emerge after the spread of Islam among Kurds.[1]

Biography

Babek was born in Hakkari and lived from 972 to 1019,[1] or 1078.[2] Other sources state he lived from 938 to 995.[1] Ibn Khallikan puts his date of birth at 973.[4]

His father was named Babek, whose father was Ebdulqasim, whose father was a poet named Mensûr. Babek travelled to study in Baghdad, Nishapur, Mosul and Hamadan, and his poems became famous and read by Kurds. Religion and nature were his main subjects.[1] Ibn Khallikan described him as one of the most famous poets.[4] Few of his hundreds of poems are available.[5]

Notes

References

• Kavak, Abdulcebbar (2015), Melayê Cizîrî ve Tasavvufî. Kürt edebiyatının Gelişim dönemi (in Turkish), vol. 1
• Sağnıç, Feqî Huseyin (2002), Dîroka wêjeya Kurdî (in Kurdish), Weşanên Enstı̂tuya Kurdı̂ ya Stenbolê, ISBN 975-92481-0-7

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