Mistefa Bêsaranî (, 1642–1701), was a

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Sufi Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

and

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

who wrote in Gorani. He was from the village of Bêseran of

Ardalan Ardalan also known as Ardalanids, house of Ardalan, Ardalind dynasty, () was a Hereditary monarchy, hereditary Kurds, Kurdish Emirate in western Iran from around the 14th century until 1865 or 1868 with Sanandaj as capital. The Ardalan state wa ...

Biography

Besarani was born in 1642 in Bêseran,

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and studied

jurisprudence Jurisprudence, also known as theory of law or philosophy of law, is the examination in a general perspective of what law is and what it ought to be. It investigates issues such as the definition of law; legal validity; legal norms and values ...

, the

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, and later on

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and

Fatwa A fatwa (; ; ; ) is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law (sharia) given by a qualified Islamic jurist ('' faqih'') in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government. A jurist issuing fatwas is called a ''mufti'', ...

. No information exist on his childhood and he did not write about it either, but developed a unique talent for science and travelled around the region including to

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and

Kermanshah Kermanshah is a city in the Central District (Kermanshah County), Central District of Kermanshah province, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. The city is from Tehran in the western pa ...

to study jurisprudence. After his studies, he returned to his home village spending the rest of his life working on

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, animal husbandry, teaching, preaching and guiding people. In his diwans, he wrote about God, nature, love and advice. Bêsaranî would influence

Mawlawi Tawagozi Mawlawi Tawagozi, pen name Maʿdumi, better known as Mawlawi (1806-1882/3, ) was a Kurds, Kurdish poet and leading Kurdish literary figure in the 19th century. He wrote in Gorani language, Gorani, Arabic and Persian language, Persian. Biography ...

and his poetry.

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