Nalî

Nalî
A bust of Nali in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan
Born	1797 Khaku-khol, Shahrazur, Sulaymaniyah (present-day Iraq)
Died	1856
Pen name	Nalî
Occupation	poet, linguist, translator, mathematician
Nationality	Kurdish

Nalî also known as Mullah Xidir Ehmed Şawaysî Mîkayalî (Kurdish: Mela Xidirî Ehmedî Şaweysî Mîkayelî‎,) (1797 Shahrizor - 1856 in Istanbul), was born in Khakoo Khol a village of Sulaymaniyah province. He was a Kurdish polymath; a poet, linguist, translator and mathematician, who is considered to be one of the greatest Kurdish poets in the Kurdish classical period.

Nali was born in Khaku-Khol, a village belongs to Sharazur in Sulaimany, Kurdistan region of Iraq. As was the custom in the old days in Kurdistan, he started studying the Quran first and Arabic language in mosques in Kurdistan, then he became a Faqi. “Faqi is a Mullah’s student, which is the name of students in mosques. During the process of becoming a Faqi, he visited many cities in the whole of Kurdistan or Iran and Iraq, cities like; Sennah, Mahabad, Halabja, and Sulaimany. In Qaradakh he studied under Shaikh Muhammed Ibin al Khayat, in Sulaimany in Saiyd Hasan Mosque, he studied under Mullah Abdoullah Rash, also in Qaradax he studied mathematics under Shaikh Ali Mullah. He spent long time in the Khanaqa of Mawlana Khalid in Sulaimany. He also studied under Shaikh Awla Kharpani.