Xelîlê Sêrtî (1754–1843) was a Kurdish mullah and author most known for his contributions to the Kurdish

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. He wrote in

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and Kurdish and his main works are ''Nehcu'l-Enam'' and ''Rîsaleya Tecwîdê.''

Biography

Xelîlê Sêrtî was born in the village of Gulpik of

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in 1754 and moved to

Siirt Siirt ( ar, سِعِرْد, Siʿird; hy, Սղերդ, S'gherd; syr, ܣܥܪܬ, Siirt; ku, Sêrt) is a city in southeastern Turkey and the seat of Siirt Province. The population of the city according to the 2009 census was 129,188. History Pr ...

early in his life. He was given the name Sêrtî as he lived in Siirt when he became a known figure. He studied in

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Cizre Cizre (; ar, جَزِيْرَة ٱبْن عُمَر, Jazīrat Ibn ʿUmar, or ''Madinat al-Jazira'', he, גזירא, Gzira, ku, Cizîr, ''Cizîra Botan'', or ''Cizîre'', syr, ܓܙܪܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܘܡܪ, Gāzartā,) is a city in the Cizre Dis ...

, Xoab and

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and received his scientific license in Amadiya. He afterwards settled in the village of Reşîdiyê near

Mosul Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second large ...

where he became affiliated with the

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order. He later returned to Hizan where he taught for five years at the local madrasa, before moving to Siirt as requested by his father. It is said that Xelîlê Sêrtî wished to move to somewhere where the madrasa did not have an influence, but had to return to Siirt. In Siirt, he was a teacher until age sixty and had by then written many scientific and literary works such as ''Serf, Nehw, Belaxet, Mentiq, Munazere, Cedel, Wed', Eqaîd-Kelam, Hedîs, Fiqh, Tefsîr, Tecwîd, Tesewwuf, Mewlûd'' and ''Şemaîlê''.

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