Qani (1898-1965) was the pen name of Muhammad Kabuli, a prominent
Kurdish
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*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
**Southern Kurdistan
**Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
**Western Kurdistan
See also
* Kurd (dis ...
poet.
He was born in the village of
Rîshen, around
Mariwan
Mariwan ( fa, مريوان; ) also known as Qale Marīvān - "Fort Marivan"; formerly, Dezhe Shahpur (Persian: دِژ شاهپور), also Romanized as Dezhe Shāhpūr and Dezhe Shapoor) is a town in – and the capital of – Marivan Cou ...
, in
Iranian Kurdistan
Iranian Kurdistan or Eastern Kurdistan ( ku, ڕۆژھەڵاتی کوردستان, translit=Rojhilatê Kurdistanê) is an unofficial name for the parts of northwestern Iran with either a majority or sizable population of Kurds. Geographically, it ...
. He lost his parents shortly after his birth.
Because he devoted most of his poetry to oppressed people, he is known as the Kurdish Poet of the Oppressed. The main themes of his poetry are freedom, Kurdish struggle,
women's rights, nature and love.
Works
*''Gulaley Merîwan''
*''Baxcey Kurdistan''
*''Ciwarbaxî Pêncwên''
*''Shaxî Hewraman''
*''Deshtî Germiyan''
References
Kurdish poets
20th-century Kurdish people
1898 births
1965 deaths
Iranian Kurdish people
20th-century poets
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