Kurdish Contributions to Civilization

We added this page to provide information about the Kurdish contribution to World Civilization. We made a list of prominent Kurdish scientists, authors, poets, religious scholars etc.

Contents

1 7th, 8th ,9th centuries
2 10th century
3 11th century
4 12th century
5 13th century
6 14th century
7 15th century
8 16th century
9 17th century
10 18th century
11 19th century
12 20th century

7th, 8th ,9th centuries

Scholar	Birth - Death	Region	Subject
Jaban al-Kurdi	? - ca. 690	Northern Kurdistan	Scholar & Sahabah
Zozan	? - ?	Northern Kurdistan	Sahabah
Maymun al-Kurdi	? - ?	Northern Kurdistan	Sahabah
Ziryab	789 - 857	Southern Kurdistan	Scholar, Sciencist, Inventor, Musician
Baba Rakhi Hamadani	? - 848	Eastern Kurdistan	Poet
Dinawari	820 - 896	Eastern Kurdistan	Historian, Astronomer, Botanist, Geographer, Mathematician
Bassami Kurdi	? - ?	Eastern Kurdistan	Poet
Ibrahim al-Mawsili	742 - 804	Southern Kurdistan	Musician
Ishaq al-Mawsili	767 - 850	Southern Kurdistan	Musician

10th century

Scholar	Birth - Death	Region	Subject
Ali Lokeri	? - ?	Eastern Kurdistan	Poet
Abu Ali al-Qali	918 - 968	Northern Kurdistan	Linguist, Writer, Traveler
Ibn Kaj	? - ?	Eastern Kurdistan	Religion
Abu Abdullah al-Mukri	? - 976	Eastern Kurdistan	Religion
Abdulsamad Babak	972 - 1019	Northern Kurdistan	Poet

11th century

Scholar	Birth - Death	Region	Subject
Baba Tahir	944 - 1019	Eastern Kurdistan	Poet
Ali Hariri	1009 - 1077	Northern Kurdistan	Poet
Abu'l Wafa al-Kurdi	1026 - 1107	Southern Kurdistan	Sufi
Abdul-Qadir Gilani	1078 - 1166	Eastern Kurdistan	Writer, Sufi
Sheikh Musa Azuli	1077 - 1164	Northern Kurdistan	Poet, Religious Scholar
Sheikh Fakhri Adiyan	? - ?	Southern Kurdistan	Philosopher, Yazidi scholar
Ain-al Quzat Hamedani	1098 – 1131	Eastern Kurdistan	Philosopher, Mathematician, Poet
Ibn Dinar	? - ?	Northern Kurdistan	Philosopher, Doctor
Ahmad Ashnahi	1058 - 1121	Southern Kurdistan	Religious scholar
Abu Bakir Shashi	1037 - 1113	Northern Kurdistan	Religious Scholar
al-Mawardi	974 - 1058	Iraq	Religious Scholar
Ali Hekari	1019 - 1093	Southern Kurdistan	Islamic Scholar

12th century

Scholar	Birth - Death	Region	Subject
Fakhr-un-Nisa	1091 - 1179	Eastern Kurdistan	Literature, Religion
Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad	1145 - 1234	Southern Kurdistan	Historian, Writer,
al-Jazari	1136–1206	Northern Kurdistan	Engineer, Inventor, Mathematician, Artist
Sayf al-Din al-Amidi	1153 - 1233	Northern Kurdistan	Islamic Scholar
Umar al-Suhrawardi	1145 - 1234	Eastern Kurdistan	Philosopher, Islamic Scholar
Ali ibn al-Athir	1160 - 1233	Western Kurdistan	Historian & Biographer
Ibn al-Azraq	1116 - 1176	Northern Kurdistan	Historian
Majd al-Kurdi	? - 1166	Erbil, Southern Kurdistan	Religious Scholar
Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi	1155 - 1191	Western Kurdistan	Philosopher
Ziyaeddin Hakari	? - 1189	Western Kurdistan	Religious Scholar
Majd ad-Din Ibn al Athir	1149 - 1210	Northern Kurdistan	Linguist, Historian, Biographer
Ibn al-Mustawfi	1169 - 1239	Erbil, Southern Kurdistan	Historian, Poet
Nizami Ganjavi	1141 - 1209	Azerbaijan	Poet, Philosopher
Saladin	1138 - 1193	Western Kurdistan	Ruler
Ahmad Sharafaddin	1162 - 1234	Erbil	Writer
Kamaladdin Younis	1156 - 1241	Southern Kurdistan	Astronomer, Mathematician, Religious Scholar

13th century

Scholar	Birth - Death	Region	Subject
Abu'l - Fida	1273 - 1331	Damascus	Astronomer, Historian, Geographer
Ibn Khallikan	1211 (Erbil) - 1282 (Damascus)	Damascus	Writer, Historian, Islamic Scholar
Al-Shahrazuri	1250 - 1288	Southern Kurdistan	Philosopher, Historian, Doctor
Zahed Gilani	1216 - 1301	Iran	Poet, Sufi
Ibn al-Salah	1181 - 1245	Southern Kurdistan	Islamic Scholar
Sirajaddin Urmawi	1198 - 1283	Urmia, Konya	Philosopher
Fakhraddin Khalati	? - ?	Northern Kurdistan	Astronomer
Ibrahim Khalati	1242 - 1322	Northern Kurdistan, Egypt	Chemist, Inventor
Safi-ad-din Ardabili	1252 - 1334	Iran	Sufi Scholar
Zahed Gilani	1216 - 1301	Iran	Sufi Scholar
Muhammad Abu Yousuf al-Jazari	1240 - 1311	Northern Kurdistan	Physician
Ibn Taymiyyah	1240 - 1307	Western Kurdistan, Damascus	Theologian, logician, Islamic reformer
Izzaddin Erbili	1190 - 1262	Damascus	Philosopher
Ibn Hajib	1174-1248	Egypt	Writer, Linguist

14th century

Scholar	Birth - Death	Region	Subject
Ibn al-Jazari	1350 - 1429	Damascus, Iran	Historian, Islamic Scholar
Mala Pareshan	1356 - 1416	Eastern Kurdistan	Poet
Ahmad Hariri	? - 1405	Southern Kurdistan	Physician, Islamic Scholar

15th century

Scholar	Death - Birth	Region	Subject
Mahmud Ibn al-Kurdi	? - ?	?	Artist, Artisan
Mela Hesenê Bateyî	1417 - 1491	Hakkari	Poet, Philosopher, Writer
Mina	? - ?	?	Poet
Mala Mansur Girgashi	? - ?	Southern Kurdistan	Poet
Idris Bitlisi	1452 - 1520	Bitlis, N.Kurdistan	Politician, Theologian, Historian
Amatullah	? - ?	Western Kurdistan	Theologian, Female Islamic Scholar
Yakub Beg	? - ?	Northern Kurdistan	Poet

16th century

Scholar	Birth - Death	Region	Subject
Ali Taramakhi	1591 - 1653	Hakkari	Linguist, Writer
Nef'i	1572 - 1635	Northern Kurdistan, İstanbul	Poet, Writer
Sharafkhan Bidlisi	1543 - 1603	Bitlis (N.Kurdistan)	Historian, Writer
Mewlana AbulFazl Muhammad	? - 1574	Anatolia	Historian, Chroniker
Malaye Jaziri	1570 - 1640	Cizre	Poet, Mystic, Writer
Sheikh Shamsaddin Khalati	1588 - 1674	Ahlat	Poet, Writer

17th century

Scholar	Birth - Death	Region	Subject
Ahmad Khani	1650 - 1707	Bazid	Poet, Philosopher, Historian, Astronomer
Ibrahim Gorani	1616 - 1690	Shahrazur	Writer, Mathematician
Faqi Tayran	1590 - 1660	Hakkari Region	Poet, Philosopher, Writer
Ismail Bazidi	1654 - 1709	Bazid	Poet, Writer
Mustafa Besarani	1642 - 1701	Kirmanshah	Poet
Nabi	1642 - 1712	Urfa	Poet

18th century

Scholar	Birth - Death	Region	Subject
Haris Bidlisi	1700 - 1775	Bitlis	Poet
Shams Bidlisi	1715 - 1788	Bitlis	Astronomer, Mathematician, Geographer
Mawlana Khalid	1773 - 1826	Shahrazur	Poet, Sufi Scholar
Muradkhan Bazidi	1736 - 1778	Bazid	Poet
Pertew Hekari	1777 - 1841	Hakkari	Poet
Khana Qubadi	1700 - 1759	Ardalan	Poet, Philosopher, Writer
İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi	1702 - 1780	Erzurum	Poet, Astronomer, Psychologist, Physicist
Sheyda Hewrami	1784 - 1852	Kirmanshah	Poet
Weli Diwane	1754 - 1798	Hawraman	Poet
Maruf Nudhi	1753 - 1838	Sulaymaniyah	Author

19th century

Scholar	Birth - Death	Region	Subject
Salim	1800 - 1866	Sulaymaniyah	Poet
Ali Amiri	1857 - 1924	Amed	Researcher
Mahmud Bayazidi	1797 - 1863	Bazid	Historian, Philosopher
Mirza Ebdilqadire Paweyi	1859 - 1910	Kirmanshah	Poet
Muhammad Amin Zaki	1880 - 1948	Sulaymaniyah	Historian, Kurdologist
Nali	1791 - 1855	Shahrazur	Poet, Mathematician
Abdurrahman Khalis Talabani	1797 - 1897	Kirkuk	Writer, Muslim Scholar
Wafayi	1844 - 1903	Syria	Poet
Mahwi	1813 - 1906	Sulaymaniyah	Poet, Linguist
Piramerd	1867 - 1950	Sulaymaniyah	Poet, Novelist, Journalist
Muhammad Kurd Ali	1876 - 1952	Syria	Historian, Linguist, Literary Critic
Haji Qadir Koyi	1816 - 1897	Koya	Poet
Mawlawi Tawagozi	1806 - 1882	Halabja	Philosopher, Poet
Abdurrahman Akhtapi	1850 - 1905	Amed	Astronomer, Philosopher, Poet
Jafarquli Zangali	1855 - 1897	Khorasan	Poet
Mastoureh Ardalan	1805 - 1848	Ardalan	Historian, Poet
Riza Talabani	1835 - 1909	Kirkuk	Poet
Muhammad Amin Kurdi	1844 - 1914	Erbil & Cairo, Egypt	Islamic Scholar
Misbaholdiwan Adab	1862 - 1917	Eastern Kurdistan	Poet
Mulla Abu Bakr Effendi	1844 - 1914	Erbil	Philosopher, Astronomer, Politician, Cleric
Muhammad Qaradaghi	1798 - 1864	Sulaymaniyah	Mathematician, Linguist
Hajj Nematollah	1871 - 1919	Kirmanshah	Poet, Mystic, Author
Mirza Mohammad Reza Kalhor	1829 - 1892	Kirmanshah	Calligrapher, Historian
Behud	1878 - 1955	Sulaymaniyah	Poet
Esad Erbili	1847 - 1931	Erbil	Poet, Sufi Scholar
Hariq	1856 - 1909	Mahabad	Poet, Mystic
Abdullah Pirabab	? - 1900	Mahabad	Topographer, Geometrist

20th century

Scholar	Birth - Death	Region	Subject
Abdul Karim Mudarris	1901 - 2005	KRG & Iraq	Poet, Writer, Religious Scholar
Said Nursî	1878 - 1960	Bitlis & Turkey	Theologian
Osman Sabri	1903 - 1993	Adıyaman & Damascus	Poet, Writer, Journalist
Celadet Bedir Khan	1893 - 1951	İstanbul & Damascus	Linguist, Writer
Ahmad Nalband	1891 - 1963	Amadiya	Poet
Ordikhan-e Jalil	1932 - 2007	Armenia	Writer, Academic, Philologist
Hamid Aytaç	1890 - 1982	Diyarbekir	Calligrapher
Dildar	1918 - 1947	Erbil	Poet
Abdullah Goran	1904 - 1962	Sulaymaniyah	Philosopher, Poet, Writer
Nur Ali Elahi	1895 - 1974	Kirmanshah	Philosopher, Musician, Spiritual teacher
Nado Makhmudov	1907 - 1990	USSR	Writer, Poet, Politician
Hejar	1920 - 1990	Mahabad	Writer, Poet, Lexicographer, Linguist
Cegerxwîn	1903 - 1984	Mardin	Poet, Writer, Historian
Qanatê Kurdo	1909 - 1985	USSR	Linguist, Writer, Academic
Damawî Mukriyanî	1893 - 1948	Iraq	Historian
Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad	1927 - 1988	Egypt	Quran Reciter
Musa Anter	1920 - 1992	Mardin	Writer, Human Rights Advocate, Journalist
Baba Mardoukh Rohanee	1923 - 1989	Ardalan	Mathematician, Theologian
Mehmed Uzun	1953 - 2007	Siverek, Diyarbekir	Writer, Novelist
Muhemmed Tahirê Kurdî	1900-1980	Erbil	Calligrapher, Historian