List of Kurdish scholars
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The following is a list of people who have contributed to the Kurdish literature. This list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Kurdish writers and poets from Iran (Persia), Iraq, Turkey (Ottoman Empire), Syria, Russia (Soviet Union), and European countries.
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11th century
- Ali Hariri (Elî Herîrî) (1009–1079), Kurdish poet
12th century
- Ali ibn al-Athir (1160–1233), Kurdish/Islamic historian, born in Jazira (Cizîre) region
- Fakhraddin, Yezidi saint, philosopher, poet and scholar
- Saladin (1137–1193)
13th century
- Ibn al-Salah (1181-1245)
- Ibn Taymiyya (1263-1328)
- Fakhr al-Din al-Akhlati
14th century
- Mala Pareshan (1356-1416)
- Abu'l Fida (1273-1331) Kurdish, the crater Abulfeda on the Moon is named after him
- Masud ibn Namdar
- Al-Shahrazuri
- Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi (1325-1404)
15th century
- Mela Hesenê Bateyî (Melayê Batê), (1417–1491), Kurdish poet and Muslim cleric, Hakkari region
- Idris Bitlisi
16th century
- Malaye Jaziri (Melayê Cizîrî), (1570–1640), Kurdish poet and Sufi
- Sherefxan Bidlisi (1543–1599), historian and poet, author of Sharafnama
17th century
- Faqi Tayran (Feqiyê Teyran), (1590–1660), poet, author of Sheik San'an and Battle of DimDim
- Ali Taramakhi (Eliyê Teremaxî), (1591-1653), linguist and writer
- Mustafa Besarani, (1642–1701), Kurdish poet
- Ahmad Khani (Ehmedê Xanî), (1651–1707) Kurdish writer, poet, astronomer and philosopher, author of Mem û Zîn
18th century
- Khana Qubadi (Xana Qubadî), (1700–1759), Kurdish poet, author of Şîrîn û Xesrew
- Mahmud Bayazidi (1797–1859), Kurdish writer, translator and historian
- Nalî (1797–1869), Kurdish mathematician poet
- Khâlid-i Baghdâdî
19th century
- Mastoura Ardalan (1805–1848), Kurdish poet and historiographer
- Mawlawi Tawagozi (1806–1882), Kurdish poet and Sufi
- Haji Qadir Koyi (1817–1897), Kurdish poet
- Mahwi (1830–1906), Kurdish poet and Sufi
- Sheikh Rezza Talabani (1835–1910), Kurdish, Iraq
- Wafaei (1844–1902), Kurdish poet, Iran
- Edeb (1860–1918), Kurdish poet, Iran
- Piramerd (1867–1950), Kurdish poet, writer, novelist and journalist, Iraqi Kurdistan
- Mulla Effendi (1863 - December 31, 1942), Islamic philosopher, scholar, astronomer, and politician
- Said Nursi (1876–1960), Kurdish Islamic philosopher, Turkey
- Hajj Nematollah (1871–1919), mystic and poet
- Zewar (1875-1948), writer and poet