(1875-19170)
Taher Beg, the son of Othman Pasha the son of Mohamed Pasha the leader of the Jaff tribe, and his mother Adelah Khanoom. He was born in 1875 in Halabcha town where he also did his studied. Due to his frequent travels of his mother to Sanandeg in Iran Kurdistan, he managed to meet with the scholars and laureates there and became influenced by them, as he was a person who was deeply interested in literature and poetry. He learned Farsi and French there and spent his youthful days in nights of leisure and evenings of poetry. But in his late life turned to a state of spirituality to become a Sufi and in secluded. He died in the city of Sulaimania at 42 years of age. His poems were sweet and powerful, and compiled wonderful versus in nature’s beauty and love.
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