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Ahmad Khani
A bust of Ahmad Khani in Iraqi Kurdistan
Born	1650 Hakkari, Hakkâri Province
Died	1707 (Doğubayazıt), Ağrı
Nationality	Kurdish
Occupation(s)	Writer, poet, astronomer, philosopher
Years active	17th century
Academic background
Influences	Al-Farabi, Malaye Jaziri, Ali Hariri, Faqi Tayran
Academic work
Influenced	Abdurrahman Sharafkandi, Haji Qadir Koyi, Hemin Mukriyani

Ahmad Khani, also spelled Ahmad-i Khani (Template:Lang-ku; 1650, Hakkari – 1707, Doğubayazıt), was a Kurdish writer, poet, astronomer and philosopher. He was born amongst the Khani's tribe in Hakkari province in present-day Turkey. He moved to Bayezid in Ritkan province and settled there. Later he started with teaching Kurdish (Kurmanji) at basic level. Khani was fluent in Kurdish, Arabic and Persian. He wrote his Arabic-Kurdish dictionary "Nûbihara Biçûkan" (The Spring of Children) in 1683 to help children with their learning process.

His most important work is the Kurdish classic love story "Mem and Zin" (Mem û Zîn) (1692), which has been translated to many languages including Arabic, Russian and Turkish. This epic has several facets and has been interpreted from different angles, but one its most important parts is its preface in which Khani calls for a Kurdish state. Therefore, many consider Mam and Zin to be the first expression of Kurdish nationalism.

His other work include a book called Eqîdeya Îmanê (The Path of Faith), which is part poem and part prose. The book explains the five pillars of Islamic faith. It was published in 2000 in Sweden.

Biography

Little is known about Khani's life. Other than his year of birth and death, it is known that he lived and died in Doğubayazıt. It is also known that he finished one of his works, Nûbihara Biçûkan in 1682 or 83. He traveled to different areas of Kurdistan to study. It is believed that he might have been to Syria and Egypt as well.

Works

Books

• Mem û Zîn (Mem and Zin), see for its French translation, see for its English translation,
• Eqîdeya Îmanê (The Path of Faith)
• Eqîdeya Îslamê (Basics of Islam)
• Nûbihara Biçûkan (The Spring of Children)
• Erdê Xweda (Astronomy and Geography book)
• Dîwana Helbestan

References and notes

1. "kurdish Academy – Just another WordPress site". kurdishacademy.org. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
2. ^ "EHMEDÊ XANÎ:HEP ULUSUNUN SORUNUNA ÇÖZÜM ARADI" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 1 August 2015.
3. "The Kurdish Language and Literature". Institutkurde.org.
4. ^ "AḤMAD-E ḴĀNI". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
5. Bruinessen, Martin van (2003). "Ehmedê Xanî's Mem û Zîn and its role in the emergence of Kurdish nationalism". In Vali, Abbas (ed.). Essays on the origins of Kurdish nationalism. Costa Mesa, Cal.: Mazda Publishers. pp. 40–57.
6. خەزنەدار, مارف. مێژووی ئەدەبی کورد، بەرگی دووەم، ھەولێر: ئاراس ٢٠٠٢.

See also

• Kurdish literature
• Kurdish language
• Kurmanji

External links

• Works by Ehmedê Xanî at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Ahmad Khani, Kurdish Academy of Language KAL
• Our Trouble by Ehmedê Xanî, Noahs Ark Holidays
• Ahmad Khani, Encyclopædia Iranica

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