period a “Mullah” was a village’s leader or peoples’ leader he couldn't mention somebody's name in public because of costume traditional this was hard for a Mullah. Habiba was a secret name Nali used it. Sometimes Nali talks about their nights together; A Mullah couldn't talk about his night with a girl or a woman in a village or in those small old cities in Kurdistan. Here are some of Nali's poems that mentioned Habiba's name: Cenanî wek cînan kirdim be Mawa, Hebîbey Malîyawa malî awa Xendew demî Mehbube kewa zor nimekîn, Bes xoşe eger xo nimekî zexmu birînin Pêm delên Mehbube xêlu qîçe meylî şer deka, Xêlu qîçe ya tirazuy nazî nextê ser deka? Some say that Nali married Habiba, but if were true, there is not any sign that Nali took Habiba to Hijaz, Damascus, or Istanbul. Aladdin Sajadi mentions that Habiba may have died before Nali's left for Hijaz. Also they didn't have any children. For explanation Aladdin Sajadi brings one of Nali's poems which talks about his losing friends: Significance in Kurdish Culture Along with Kurdi and Salim, Nali made Sorani the literary language of southern Kurdistan. It is widely accepted that Nali's literature contributed significantly to bringing about a renaissance in the Kurdish language. His most famous works were written in the lower Kurmanji dialect, Sorani, within the context of the turmoil caused by the Ottoman oppression. To this day Nali's influence on Kurdish culture can be recognized as Sorani is the primary dialect of Kurdish in Iraqi and Iranian Kurdistan. References External links Dîwanî Nalî. Researched and explained by Abdul Karim Mudarris and Fatih Abdoulkarim. Keith Hitchins, "NALÎ" in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition. Mystical Love and Mystical Nationalism in Farhad Shakely's String Classic and Modern Kurdish Poetry Iraqi Kurdish poets Kurdish people from the Ottoman Empire 19th-century poets from the Ottoman Empire 1800 births 1877 deaths Kurdish scholars Kurdish scientists Iraqi multilingual poets 19th-century Kurdish people