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.

 

7th, 8th ,9th centuries

ScholarBirth - DeathRegionSubject
Jaban al-Kurdi
? - ca. 690Northern KurdistanScholar & Sahabah
Zozan ? - ?Northern KurdistanSahabah
Maymun al-Kurdi ? - ?Northern KurdistanSahabah
Ziryab789 - 857Southern KurdistanScholar, Sciencist, Inventor, Musician
Baba Rakhi Hamadani? - 848Eastern KurdistanPoet
Dinawari820 - 896Eastern KurdistanHistorian, Astronomer, Botanist, Geographer, Mathematician
Bassami Kurdi? - ?Eastern KurdistanPoet
Ibrahim al-Mawsili742 - 804Southern KurdistanMusician
Ishaq al-Mawsili
767 - 850Southern KurdistanMusician

10th century

ScholarBirth - DeathRegionSubject
Ali Lokeri? - ?Eastern KurdistanPoet
Abu Ali al-Qali918 - 968Northern KurdistanLinguist, Writer, Traveler
Ibn Kaj? - ?Eastern KurdistanReligion
Abu Abdullah al-Mukri ? - 976Eastern KurdistanReligion
Abdulsamad Babak 972 - 1019 Northern KurdistanPoet

11th century

ScholarBirth - DeathRegionSubject
Baba Tahir944 - 1019Eastern KurdistanPoet
Ali Hariri1009 - 1077Northern KurdistanPoet
Abu'l Wafa al-Kurdi1026 - 1107Southern KurdistanSufi
Abdul-Qadir Gilani1078 - 1166Eastern KurdistanWriter, Sufi
Sheikh Musa Azuli1077 - 1164Northern KurdistanPoet, Religious Scholar
Sheikh Fakhri Adiyan? - ?Southern KurdistanPhilosopher, Yazidi scholar
Ain-al Quzat Hamedani1098 – 1131Eastern KurdistanPhilosopher, Mathematician, Poet
Ibn Dinar? - ?Northern KurdistanPhilosopher, Doctor
Ahmad Ashnahi1058 - 1121Southern KurdistanReligious scholar
Abu Bakir Shashi1037 - 1113Northern KurdistanReligious Scholar
al-Mawardi974 - 1058IraqReligious Scholar
Ali Hekari1019 - 1093Southern KurdistanIslamic Scholar

12th century

ScholarBirth - DeathRegionSubject
Fakhr-un-Nisa1091 - 1179Eastern KurdistanLiterature, Religion
Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad1145 - 1234Southern KurdistanHistorian, Writer,
al-Jazari1136–1206Northern KurdistanEngineer, Inventor, Mathematician, Artist
Sayf al-Din al-Amidi
1153 - 1233Northern KurdistanIslamic Scholar
Umar al-Suhrawardi1145 - 1234Eastern KurdistanPhilosopher, Islamic Scholar
Ali ibn al-Athir1160 - 1233Western KurdistanHistorian & Biographer
Ibn al-Azraq1116 - 1176Northern KurdistanHistorian
Majd al-Kurdi? - 1166Erbil, Southern KurdistanReligious Scholar
Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi1155 - 1191Western KurdistanPhilosopher
Ziyaeddin Hakari ? - 1189Western KurdistanReligious Scholar
Majd ad-Din Ibn al Athir1149 - 1210Northern KurdistanLinguist, Historian, Biographer
Ibn al-Mustawfi1169 - 1239Erbil, Southern KurdistanHistorian, Poet
Nizami Ganjavi1141 - 1209AzerbaijanPoet, Philosopher
Saladin1138 - 1193Western KurdistanRuler
Ahmad Sharafaddin1162 - 1234ErbilWriter
Kamaladdin Younis1156 - 1241Southern KurdistanAstronomer, Mathematician, Religious Scholar

13th century

ScholarBirth - DeathRegionSubject
Abu'l - Fida1273 - 1331DamascusAstronomer, Historian, Geographer
Ibn Khallikan1211 (Erbil) - 1282 (Damascus)DamascusWriter, Historian, Islamic Scholar
Al-Shahrazuri1250 - 1288Southern KurdistanPhilosopher, Historian, Doctor
Zahed Gilani1216 - 1301IranPoet, Sufi
Ibn al-Salah1181 - 1245Southern KurdistanIslamic Scholar
Sirajaddin Urmawi1198 - 1283Urmia, KonyaPhilosopher
Fakhraddin Khalati ? - ?Northern KurdistanAstronomer
Ibrahim Khalati1242 - 1322Northern Kurdistan, EgyptChemist, Inventor
Safi-ad-din Ardabili1252 - 1334IranSufi Scholar
Zahed Gilani1216 - 1301IranSufi Scholar
Muhammad Abu Yousuf al-Jazari1240 - 1311Northern KurdistanPhysician
Ibn Taymiyyah1240 - 1307Western Kurdistan, DamascusTheologian, logician, Islamic reformer
Izzaddin Erbili1190 - 1262DamascusPhilosopher
Ibn Hajib1174-1248EgyptWriter, Linguist

14th century

ScholarBirth - DeathRegionSubject
Ibn al-Jazari1350 - 1429Damascus, IranHistorian, Islamic Scholar
Mala Pareshan1356 - 1416Eastern KurdistanPoet
Ahmad Hariri? - 1405Southern KurdistanPhysician, Islamic Scholar

15th century

ScholarDeath - BirthRegionSubject
Mahmud Ibn al-Kurdi? - ??Artist, Artisan
Mela Hesenê Bateyî1417 - 1491HakkariPoet, Philosopher, Writer
Mina? - ??Poet
Mala Mansur Girgashi? - ?Southern KurdistanPoet
Idris Bitlisi1452 - 1520Bitlis, N.KurdistanPolitician, Theologian, Historian
Amatullah? - ?Western KurdistanTheologian, Female Islamic Scholar
Yakub Beg? - ?Northern KurdistanPoet

16th century

ScholarBirth - DeathRegionSubject
Ali Taramakhi1591 - 1653HakkariLinguist, Writer
Nef'i1572 - 1635Northern Kurdistan, İstanbulPoet, Writer
Sharafkhan Bidlisi1543 - 1603Bitlis (N.Kurdistan)Historian, Writer
Mewlana AbulFazl Muhammad? - 1574AnatoliaHistorian, Chroniker
Malaye Jaziri1570 - 1640CizrePoet, Mystic, Writer
Sheikh Shamsaddin Khalati1588 - 1674AhlatPoet, Writer

17th century

ScholarBirth - DeathRegionSubject
Ahmad Khani1650 - 1707BazidPoet, Philosopher, Historian, Astronomer
Ibrahim Gorani1616 - 1690ShahrazurWriter, Mathematician
Faqi Tayran1590 - 1660Hakkari RegionPoet, Philosopher, Writer
Ismail Bazidi1654 - 1709BazidPoet, Writer
Mustafa Besarani1642 - 1701KirmanshahPoet
Nabi1642 - 1712UrfaPoet

18th century

ScholarBirth - DeathRegionSubject
Haris Bidlisi1700 - 1775BitlisPoet
Shams Bidlisi1715 - 1788BitlisAstronomer, Mathematician, Geographer
Mawlana Khalid1773 - 1826ShahrazurPoet, Sufi Scholar
Muradkhan Bazidi1736 - 1778BazidPoet
Pertew Hekari1777 - 1841HakkariPoet
Khana Qubadi1700 - 1759ArdalanPoet, Philosopher, Writer
İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi1702 - 1780ErzurumPoet, Astronomer, Psychologist, Physicist
Sheyda Hewrami1784 - 1852KirmanshahPoet
Weli Diwane1754 - 1798HawramanPoet
Maruf Nudhi1753 - 1838SulaymaniyahAuthor

19th century

ScholarBirth - DeathRegionSubject
Salim1800 - 1866SulaymaniyahPoet
Ali Amiri1857 - 1924AmedResearcher
Mahmud Bayazidi1797 - 1863BazidHistorian, Philosopher
Mirza Ebdilqadire Paweyi1859 - 1910KirmanshahPoet
Muhammad Amin Zaki1880 - 1948SulaymaniyahHistorian, Kurdologist
Nali1791 - 1855ShahrazurPoet, Mathematician
Abdurrahman Khalis Talabani1797 - 1897KirkukWriter, Muslim Scholar
Wafayi1844 - 1903SyriaPoet
Mahwi1813 - 1906SulaymaniyahPoet, Linguist
Piramerd1867 - 1950SulaymaniyahPoet, Novelist, Journalist
Muhammad Kurd Ali1876 - 1952SyriaHistorian, Linguist, Literary Critic
Haji Qadir Koyi1816 - 1897KoyaPoet
Mawlawi Tawagozi1806 - 1882HalabjaPhilosopher, Poet
Abdurrahman Akhtapi1850 - 1905AmedAstronomer, Philosopher, Poet
Jafarquli Zangali1855 - 1897KhorasanPoet
Mastoureh Ardalan1805 - 1848ArdalanHistorian, Poet
Riza Talabani1835 - 1909KirkukPoet
Muhammad Amin Kurdi1844 - 1914Erbil & Cairo, EgyptIslamic Scholar
Misbaholdiwan Adab1862 - 1917Eastern KurdistanPoet
Mulla Abu Bakr Effendi1844 - 1914ErbilPhilosopher, Astronomer, Politician, Cleric
Muhammad Qaradaghi1798 - 1864SulaymaniyahMathematician, Linguist
Hajj Nematollah1871 - 1919KirmanshahPoet, Mystic, Author
Mirza Mohammad Reza Kalhor1829 - 1892KirmanshahCalligrapher, Historian
Behud1878 - 1955SulaymaniyahPoet
Esad Erbili1847 - 1931ErbilPoet, Sufi Scholar
Hariq1856 - 1909MahabadPoet, Mystic
Abdullah Pirabab ? - 1900MahabadTopographer, Geometrist

20th century

ScholarBirth - DeathRegionSubject
Abdul Karim Mudarris1901 - 2005KRG & IraqPoet, Writer, Religious Scholar
Said Nursî1878 - 1960Bitlis & TurkeyTheologian
Osman Sabri1903 - 1993Adıyaman & DamascusPoet, Writer, Journalist
Celadet Bedir Khan1893 - 1951İstanbul & DamascusLinguist, Writer
Ahmad Nalband1891 - 1963AmadiyaPoet
Ordikhan-e Jalil1932 - 2007ArmeniaWriter, Academic, Philologist
Hamid Aytaç1890 - 1982DiyarbekirCalligrapher
Dildar1918 - 1947ErbilPoet
Abdullah Goran1904 - 1962SulaymaniyahPhilosopher, Poet, Writer
Nur Ali Elahi1895 - 1974KirmanshahPhilosopher, Musician, Spiritual teacher
Nado Makhmudov1907 - 1990USSRWriter, Poet, Politician
Hejar1920 - 1990MahabadWriter, Poet, Lexicographer, Linguist
Cegerxwîn1903 - 1984MardinPoet, Writer, Historian
Qanatê Kurdo1909 - 1985USSRLinguist, Writer, Academic
Damawî Mukriyanî1893 - 1948IraqHistorian
Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad1927 - 1988EgyptQuran Reciter
Musa Anter1920 - 1992MardinWriter, Human Rights Advocate, Journalist
Baba Mardoukh Rohanee1923 - 1989ArdalanMathematician, Theologian
Mehmed Uzun1953 - 2007Siverek, DiyarbekirWriter, Novelist
Muhemmed Tahirê Kurdî1900-1980ErbilCalligrapher, Historian