Hosam al-Din Ali Bitlisi Nurbakhshi (died 1494/95) was a
Kurdish
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*Kurds or Kurdish people
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**Central Kurdish (Sorani)
**Southern Kurdish
** Laki Kurdish
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**Southern ...
Sufi
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author. He was the father of the noted historian
Idris Bitlisi
Idris Bitlisi ( 18 January 1457 – 15 November 1520), sometimes spelled Idris Bidlisi, Idris-i Bitlisi, or Idris-i Bidlisi ("Idris of Bitlis"), and fully ''Mevlana Hakimeddin İdris Mevlana Hüsameddin Ali-ül Bitlisi'', was an Ottoman Kurdis ...
.
According to Tahsin Yazici / ''
Encyclopædia Iranica
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'', nothing is known about Hosam al-Din's early life; however, he adds that his works bear evidence to the fact that he was well educated and was well versed in both
Persian
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and
Arabic
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. Either prior to completing his education, or after that, Hosam al-Din became a member of the Sufi
Nurbakhshi
Baha' al-Dawlah ibn Siraj al-Din Shah Qasim ibn Muhammad al-Husayni Nurbakhshi (also sometimes called Nuri rather than Nurbakhshi), was a 15–16th century Persian physician.
He obtained court favor in both Persia and Baghdad. He is known for on ...
order. The Nurbakhshi order itself was a branch of the Kobrawiya order (founded by Najm al-Din Kobra). Yazici considers it likely that Hosam al-Din became a follower and in turn the eventual successor of the so-called "actual" founder of the order; Mohammad Nurbakhsh (died 1465).
He died in