Shaykh Mustafa Takhtayi

Shaykh Mustafa Takhtayi or Shaikh Mostafa Takhti (Kurdish: شێخ مستەفا تەختەیی, romanized: Şêx Mistefa Texteyî) was a Kurdish poet from Avroman Takht who lived before 1788.[1] His works are among the earliest samples of written Gorani school of poetry.[2][3] Takhtî was the father of poet Sheikh Ahmad Takhti who was born around 1640.[4]

References

1. Minorsky, V. (1943). "The Gūrān". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 11 (1): 92-93. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00071226. JSTOR 609206. S2CID 246637541.
2. Ara, Behrooz Chaman; Amiri, Cyrus (2018-08-08). "Gurani: practical language or Kurdish literary idiom?". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 45 (4): 627–643. doi:10.1080/13530194.2018.1430536. ISSN 1353-0194. S2CID 148611170.
3. MacKenzie, D.N. (2002). "GURĀNI". Encyclopedia Iranica. XI.
4. MacKenzie, D. N. (1965). "Some Gorānī Lyric Verse". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 28 (2): 258. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00075108. JSTOR 611607. S2CID 162563470.