Mohammed Sadiq Hassan 'Awni

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(1886 - 1 July 1967) was an Iraqi polyglot poet and writer. Born in Kirkuk to a

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family, he studied and learned Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Kurdish. Joined the Military Academy in Istanbul and graduated with the rank of second lieutenant, then was appointed to the

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and contributed to wars, such as

Siege of Kut The siege of Kut Al Amara (7 December 1915 – 29 April 1916), also known as the first battle of Kut, was the besieging of an 8,000 strong British Army garrison in the town of Kut, south of Baghdad, by the Ottoman Army. In 1915, its population ...

and

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. After war, appointed in education and left the army to work in the teaching of religious Islamic sciences at the Khangah Mosque. He wrote poetry in Turkish, Persian, and Arabic, but was his best poets written in Turkish. He published his poetry in Iraqi newspapers and other local newspapers in Kirkuk, his hometown. Some of his printed books are ''The World War Memories'' (1925), ''My Reflections'' (1956) and ''The Passionate Sensations'' (1964), many of his poems were translated into Arabic. He died in Husam al-Din Mosque in central Kirkuk.

Poetry

Muhammad Sadiq wrote for many purposes and was famous for ghazal, nationalism, lamentation and divinities. In his youth, he loved a girl but did not last long because the girl died and this effect affected by her youth poetry. He wrote in Turkish, Arabic, Kurdish, and Persian and combined this languages in his "Mal'amah" poem. He wrote a large number of Gnostic ruba'iyat known as "Khuwairat". He visited Baghdad from time to time and met with Rasafi, Zahawi and others.

References

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