Mistefa Bêsaranî (, 1642–1701), was a Kurdish

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and poet who wrote in Gorani. He was from the village of Bêseran of Ardalan. Mullah Mustafa Besarani shrine

Biography

Besarani was born in 1642 in Bêseran,

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and studied jurisprudence, the Quran, and later on

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and Fatwa. No information exist on his childhood and he did not write about it either, but developed a unique talent for science and travelled around the region including to Sanandaj and Kermanshah to study jurisprudence. After his studies, he returned to his home village spending the rest of his life working on agriculture, animal husbandry, teaching, preaching and guiding people. In his Diwan (poetry), diwans, he wrote about God, nature, love and advice. Bêsaranî would influence Mawlawi Tawagozi and his poetry.

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1642 births 1701 deaths {{Kurd-poet-stub Kurdish poets 17th-century Kurdish people