Mustafa Bag Sahebqran (Kurdish: مستەفا بەگ ساحێبقران) with pen name of Kurdi (Kurdish: کوردی، Kurdî) was a nineteenth century Kurdish poet. Along with Nali and Salem, he is among the founders of Babani school of poetry, which was in Central Kurdish.[1] He lived around the same time as Nali and Salem and was from Sulaimaniyah as well.[2] He was born in 1806[3] or 1812[1][2] and died in 1850.
Poetry
editThe form and content of his poetry was similar to Nali and Salim, mosting consisting themes such as love, philosophy, mysticism and history. Most of his poems are in the form of Ghazal and Qasidas. His poems are in Kurdish, Persian and Arabic.