Nali
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Nali or Nalî or Nalli(1798-1855) is the pseudonym used by Kurdish poet Xidir - Khidir. He was born in 1798 in the town of Xakuxol - Khakukhol. In order to complete his studies, he travelled to many cities in Kurdistan, such as Senna, Mahabad, Halabja and Sulaimaniya. In 1830, he pilgrimaged to Mecca, and on the way back, visited Damascus and Istanbul, where he came to know many Kurdish intellectuals and writers. During his youth, two powerful principalities of Ardalan and Baban were ruling the southern part of Kurdistan. In 1837, the Baban principality is destroyed by the Ottoman state. This event affects him deeply and he has dedicated many of his poems to the his love for his homeland. In addition to Kurdish, he was fluent in Arabic, Persian and Turkish. A collection of his poems is published in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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