Faqi Tayran

Feqiyê Teyran, born Mir Mihemed in 1590, was a prominent Kurdish poet who wrote in Kurmanji. He is celebrated for his significant contributions to Kurdish literature, particularly his renowned work Zembîlfiroş and his early literary documentation of the Battle of Dimdim (1609–1610). Teyran is recognized as a foundational figure in Kurdish Sufi literature and a key founder of the Kurdish literary tradition, alongside other notable poets like Ali Hariri and Melayê Cizîrî. Educated in a madrasa, he chose a life dedicated to poetry, traveling and reciting his works. His poems are characterized by plain language, folklore elements, mysticism, and themes of divine love, knowledge, and nature. He died in 1660.