Mahwi
Mahwi (Mehwî; full name: مەلا موحەممەد کوڕی عوسمان باڵخی Mela Muhemmed 'Usman Ballxî) (1830-1906) was one of the most prominent classical Kurdish poets and sufis from Kurdistan of Iraq. He studied in Sablakh and Sanandaj in Iranian Kurdistan. He became a judge in the court of Slemani, in today's Iraq, in 1862, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire.
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- Name
- Mahwi
- Born
- 1830
- Birthplace
- Sulaymaniyah
- Died
- 1906
- Nationality
- Iraq.
- Occupation
- writer and poet.
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Mahwi (Mehwî; full name: مەلا موحەممەد کوڕی عوسمان باڵخی Mela Muhemmed 'Usman Ballxî) (1830-1906) was one of the most prominent classical Kurdish poets and sufis from Kurdistan of Iraq. He studied in Sablakh and Sanandaj in Iranian Kurdistan. He became a judge in the court of Slemani, in today's Iraq, in 1862, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire.
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Biography
He travelled to Istanbul and met Abdul-Hamid II in 1883. He established a khaneqah, an Islamic religious school and mosque, in Slemani and named it after an Ottoman emperor. In his poems, he mainly promotes sufism, but also deals with the human condition and existential problems, such as questions about the meaning of life.
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• Name — Mahwi • Native Name — مەحوی • Born — 1830 • Birthplace — Sulaymaniyah • Died — 1906 • Place of death — Sulaymaniyah • Era — 19th century • Main Interests — Sufism, Kurdish literature, Irfan • Notable Works — Diwan of Mahwi • Religion — Islam • Denomination — Sunni • Jurisprudence — Shafi'i • Creed — Ash'ari
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A collection of his poems has been published several times. • Dîwanî Mehwî, Slemani, 1922. • Dîwanî Mehwî, Edited by Jamal Muhammad Muhammad Amin, Serkewtin Publishers, Sulaimaniya, 1984. • Dîwanî Mehwî, Edited and Analyised by Mala Abdolkarimi Modarres and Mohammed Mala Karim, Hissam Publishers, Baghdad, 1977 and 1984.
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1830
Mahwi born at Sulaymaniyah.
1906
Mahwi died at Sulaymaniyah.
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Mahwi was born in Sulaymaniyah.
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Mahwi died in Sulaymaniyah.
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