Osman Efendîyo Babij or Osman Esad (born 1852 in Siverek – died in 1929 in Siverek) was a Kurdish religious figure and Mufti of Siverek whose 1903 book Mawlûd is known to be the second published book in Zaza.[1]
Biography
Babij was born in the village of Bab (Kapıkaya) in Siverek, Ottoman Empire. His father Hacı Eyüp Efendi was Mufti of Siverek and Babij spoke Arabic, Kurmanji Kurdish and Ottoman Turkish beside Zaza. Babij followed his father and was the Mufti of Siverek for 24 years from 1904 to 1929. He died 82 years old in Siverek and is buried in the town.[2]