Haji Qadir Koyi

Haji Qadir Koyi
Haji Qadir Koyi
Native name	Kurdish: Hacî Qadirî Koyî; Sorani Kurdish: حاجی قادری کۆیی;
Born	1817; Koy Sanjaq, Ottoman Empire; (Kurdistan Region, Iraq);
Died	1897; Constantinople, Ottoman Empire; (Istanbul, Turkey);
Language	Kurdish

Haji Qadir Koyi (1817–1897) was a Kurdish poet and mullah. He tried to help the growth of nationalism among the Kurds with his writing. He wrote that Kurds should develop literature and newspapers in the Kurdish language. Kurds, he wrote, should write down their oral traditions and their ballads. Koyi thought that literature and political power were both important for the Kurds to develop a state.[1]

References

Gunter, Michael M. (2011). "Koyi, Haji Qadir (1817–1897)". Historical Dictionary of the Kurds (2nd ed.). Lanham, MD; Toronto; Oxford: Scarecrow Press. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-8108-7507-4.

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[1] Gunter, Michael M. (2011). "Koyi, Haji Qadir (1817–1897)". Historical Dictionary of the Kurds (2nd ed.). Lanham, MD; Toronto; Oxford: Scarecrow Press. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-8108-7507-4.