Abdussamed Babek
Evdilsemedê Babek or Abdussamed Babek (born in Hakkâri; 972–1019) was a Kurdish poet who with Ali Hariri were the first to write in Kurdish (Kurmanji). Beside Kurdish, Babek also wrote in Arabic and has been described as the first Kurdish poet to emerge after the spread of Islam among Kurds.
Abdussamed Babek
- Died
- Abdussamed Babek died, sources differ on the date (in 1019 and in 1020).
- Occupation
- poet and writer.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Evdilsemedê Babek or Abdussamed Babek (born in Hakkâri; 972–1019) was a Kurdish poet who with Ali Hariri were the first to write in Kurdish (Kurmanji). Beside Kurdish, Babek also wrote in Arabic and has been described as the first Kurdish poet to emerge after the spread of Islam among Kurds.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Abdussamed Babek. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q6419131
In this article
Biography
Biography
Babek was born in Hakkari and lived from 972 to 1019, or 1078. Other sources state he lived from 938 to 995. Ibn Khallikan puts his date of birth at 973. 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. Ibn Khallikan described him as one of the most famous poets. Few of his hundreds of poems are available.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
951
Abdussamed Babek born at Hakkâri Province.
1019
Abdussamed Babek died.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority record
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
38,558 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Abdurrahman Ahmed ŞerkaviAuthor
- Abdurrahman Sâmî PashaAuthor
- Abdurrahman SharafkandiAuthor
- Abdurrauf FitratAuthor
- Abduxaliq UyghurAuthor
- Abe GubegnaAuthor
- Abe no IratsumeAuthor
- Abe no NakamaroAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Abdussamed Babek?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.