salim


Salim (or selim)

Born Abdul-Rehman Begi Saheb-Qiran 1800

Sulaymaniyah,south of kurdistan

Died 1866 (aged 65–66)

Sulaymaniyah

Resting place Gardi Saywan cemetery, Sulaymaniyah

Pen name Selim

Occupation Poet

Nationality Kurdish

Period Classical


Salim is the pen name for Abdul-Rehman Begi Saheb-Qiran (Ebdulrehman Begî Sahibqîran, Kurdish: عەبدولڕەحمان بەگی ساحێبقران) the nineteenth century Kurdish poet. Known by his pseudonym as Salim or Salem (Kurdish: سالم), he was born around 1800 in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan and died 1866. He is one of the most significant classical Kurdish poets who wrote in Central Kurdish.[1][2] He was the uncle of Nalî and the cousin of Kurdî, two other famous poets. He died in 1866 in Sulaymaniyah.




Salim's poems

The content of Salim's poems mainly consists of love, philosophy, mysticism and history. Most of his poems are in the form of Ghazal, but he has some quatrains (Ruba'is) and Qasidas.His poetry is metrical mostly based on arud meter.





References

 PHILIP G. KREYENBROEK, "Kurdish Written Literature".

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