Mele Perîşan
Kurdish poet (1356–1431)
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Mele Perîşan[Note 1] (born Mohammad Abulqasim,[6] 1356–1431, Kurdish: مەلا پەرێشان, romanized: Mele Perîşan) was a Kurdish poet who wrote in Kurdish.[6] His main work Parishan-nama is considered to be the oldest work in Gorani,[2][7] and manuscripts of his poetry are kept in different libraries around the world including in libraries of Iran[8] and Germany.[9]
Biography
Very little is known about the life of Mele Perîşan, but it is plausible that he was born in Dinavar and of the Ghiasvand tribe.[6] He was Shia, Hurufist,[10] spoke Arabic, Persian and Turkish beside Kurdish,[11] and spent most of his life in the Dinavar area.[12]
He was passionate about his religion in his poetry and was moreover an admirer of Rabia of Basra and her position on halal.[13] While Parishan-nama is his main work, he also wrote popular drinking songs in Kurdish which have become popular among Kurds and Iranians.[8]
Parishan-nama
The diwan Parishan-nama was written in Gorani with many Laki words, and contained Hurufist propaganda.[1] It is the only known Hurifist text in Kurdish.[14] It was first printed in Kermanshah in 1916 and subsequently printed several times in different places. It had a syllabic meter, which was a common characteristic of Gorani poetry.[2]
Literature
- Malā Parīšān: Parīšān-nāma , 1313 [1896] (in Kurdish), Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, 1896, p. 125, retrieved 26 April 2021
