Mela Hesenê Bateyî

Mela Hesenê Bateyî or (Kurdish; Melayê Bateyî) (1417–1491) was a Kurdish poet and cleric. His real name was Hussein. He belonged to the Artushi tribe. He was born in Bate, a village in Hakkari Province, in present-day south-eastern Turkey.

Works

His main work is called Mewlûda Kurmancî (Birthday in Kurmanji), written in Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish, a celebration of the birth of Muhammad. The book contains 19 chapters. It was used as a textbook for teaching Kurdish in the past. It is also very popular among Muslim Kurds in northern Kurdistan and many people recite its poems by heart. Its poems are also recited in other occasions such as in charity. This book was published for the first time in 1905 in Egypt. It was published for the second time in 1919 in Istanbul.

References

Mewlûda Kurmancî, Pencinar Publishers for Kurdish Culture, Sweden, in Kurdish
Melayê Batê in "Famous Kurdish poets, writers and philosophers", NavKurd, in Kurdish
Melê Bateyî, Mewlûda Kurmancî, kurdî/kurmancî, Roja Nu Publishers, Sverige/Stockholm, 1987, 64 rûpel, ISBN 91-7672-018-7.

Kurdish literature

1400s & earlier	Eli Herîrî Ahmade Bate Mishefa Reş Saranjam

1500s-1600s	Malaye Jaziri Ali Taramakhi Faqi Tayran Besarani Ahmad Khani

1700s	Khana Qubadi

1800s	Mehmûd Bayazîdî Nalî Mastoureh Ardalan Mawlawi Tawagozi Sheyda Hewramí Salim Haji Qadirê Koyî Mahwi Sheikh Rezza Talabanî Wefayî Edeb Herîq

Contemporary	Pîremêrd Celadet Bedir Khan Erebê Şemo Qani Cigerxwîn Nari Mela Kake Heme Abdulla Goran Osman Sabri Emînê Evdal Qanate Kurdo Qedrîcan Ibrahim Ahmad Dildar Hejar Hemin Mukriyani Ahmad Hardi Jamal Nebez Suwara Ilkhanizada Sherko Bekas Latif Halmat Abdulla Pashew Rafiq Sabir Mehmed Uzun Bachtyar Ali Firat Cewerî Faryad Shiri Mahabad Qaradaghi

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