Malaye Jaziri

Melaye Cezîrî (* 1570, † 1640) was a Kurdish writer, poet and mystic. Ceziri was born in the Kurdish principality of Botan, which roughly corresponds to the modern province of Şırnak. Culturally Botan was the center of Kurmanji literature.

Life

Melaye Ceziri, whose real name is Ahmed, and Sheikh Ahmede Ceziri was called. He was the son of Mela Muhammad and the Naqshbandi Tariqa belonged to. His place of birth is not known but it is believed that he Eşiret to the Bohti that settle in the Al- Jazeera, was one. After studying in Botans capital Cizre he made further studies of philosophy, astrology and divination in various countries such as Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Persia. Ceziri was influenced by the classical Persian poets Hafiz, Jalal ad-Din Rumi and Jami. Back home, he taught only in Diyarbakir and then went permanently to Cizre.

He was buried in the Madrasa Sor.

His most famous work Melaye Cezires is the sofa, which is one of the main Kurdish works. The sofa was printed for the first time for Europe Martin Hartmann in Berlin in 1904. He is one of the earliest Kurdish works. There are up to date, seven editions of the divan, among others Zivingi. This contains 120 poems and three ʿ ī Ruba. A later edition of Hejar contains 117 poems, ghazals, Kassidas and three ʿ ī Ruba. After the scholar Mahmud Bayazidi, originated the oldest written source about Ceziri, the poet was in love with the sister of the Skins Tens of Botan and had dedicated her many ghazals.