Feqiyê Teyran
Appearance
Feqiyê Teyran (born Mir Mehemed,
Battle of Dimdim which took place in 1609 and 1610.[4] He is considered a pioneer in Kurdish Sufi literature and one of the founders of the Kurdish literary tradition with Ali Hariri, Melayê Cizîrî, Mela Huseynê Bateyî and Ehmedê Xanî.[5]
Biography
The first written information about Teyran stems from
Miks, Hakkâri of the Ottoman Empire and graduated from a madrasa. During his studies, he travelled to Hizan, Finik, Heşete and also to Cizre of Bohtan where he might have studied under Melayê Cizîrî. Instead of becoming a mullah, he continued to work on poetry as a profession and would wander around like a dervish and read his poems to the assemblies and madrasas he visited. His father was named Abdullah and Teyran plausibly came from a family of beys since he used the title mir. He died in Miks, but his tombstone was only found in 2013 in the village of Şandis in Hizan.[1][5]
Style and legacy
Poems of Teyran which have been described as 'colorful' have subsequently been used in Kurdish
Works

- Çîrroka Şêxê Sen’an (1621)[5]
- Qiseya Bersîs[5]
- Qewlê Hespê Reş[5]
- Dilo Rabe (1631)[5]
- Cizîrî (1640, written to Melayê Cizîrî)[5]
- Zembîlfiroş
- Bersîsê Abid
- Beyta Dimdim
References
Further reading
- Mohammad, Sheelan Y.; Mohammad, Abdi H. (2019). شرۆڤهكرنا چیرۆكه شیعرا "بهرصیصێ عابد" یا "فهقیێ تهیران" لدویڤ تیۆرا گریماسى (ئهركێ كریارێن كاراكتهران و ئهركێ زنجیرهیى) – خواندنهكا ڤهگێرانناسى یه- [Analysis of the epic "Bersisi Abed" for poet "Faqi Tayran" according to Grimas Theory]. Humanities Journal of University of Zakho (in Kurdish). 7 (3): 283–294. .