Haji Qadir Koyi

Haji Qadir Koyi

Haji Qadir Koyi (Hacî Qadirî Koyî in Kurdish), (1817-1897), was a Kurdish poet. He carried on the nationalistic message of Ahmad Khani in his writings. He wanted to enlighten the people and help them to remedy the problems of illiteracy and backwardness and ideas which result from lack of knowledge and religious fanaticism. He encouraged people instead to turn to science and to the realities of modern society in the struggle to liberate and build an independent Kurdistan. According to him, a Kurd is one who speaks Kurdish. In his time, in the late 19th century, the remaining Kurdish principalities had been overthrown by the Ottoman and Persian states. Koyi attacked the shaikhs and mullahs who did not care for the Kurdish language and the notables who ignored the destinies of their people. Living his last years in cosmopolitan Istanbul, he was familiar with the nationalist struggles and the material advancement of modern nations. He constantly advocated use of the Kurdish language. Although his own medium was poetry, he urged the Kurds to publish magazines and newspapers. Calling on the Kurds, in the 1880s, to unite and form their own independent state, he also urged them to use the modern tools such as newspapers and magazines for mass communication. The first Kurdish newspaper, "Kurdistan", was published in Cairo in 1898, a year after Haji Qadir's death.

Books

#Dîwanî Hacî Qadirî Koyî (Collected Poetry of Haji Qadir Koyi). Collected and edited by Sardar Hamid Miran and Karim Mistafa Sharaza. Emîndarêtî Giştî Roşinbîrî w Lawanî Nawçey Kurdistan, 1986, Baghdad.

References

* Farhad Shakely, [http://www.kerkuk-kurdistan.com/kulturek.asp?ser=4&cep=3&nnimre=310 Classic and Modern Kurdish Poetry] , Uppsala University, Sweden.
* Amir Hassanpour, [http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/kurdish/htdocs/lib/kurdish_ex.html The Kurdish Experience] , University of Toronto, Canada.
*Amir Hassanpour, [http://www.kurdistanica.com/english/media/articles/media-articles-01.html A Stateless Nation's Quest for Sovereignty in the Sky ] , Paper presented at the Freie Universitat Berlin, Nov. 1995.


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