The following is a list of people who have contributed to the Kurdish literature. This list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Kurdish writers and poets from Iran (Persia), Iraq, Turkey (Ottoman Empire), Syria, Russia (Soviet Union), and European countries. 8th century – 9th century Jaban al-Kurdi Shaykh Khalil al-Kurdi as-Sammani (?-750) Islamic mystic, Muslim ulama and Tabi‘un. 11th century Ali Hariri (Elî Herîrî) (1009–1079), Kurdish poet 12th century Ali ibn al-Athir (1160–1233), Kurdish/Islamic historian, born in Jazira (Cizîre) region Fakhraddin, Yezidi saint, philosopher, poet and scholar Saladin (1137–1193) 13th century Ibn al-Salah (1181-1245) Fakhr al-Din al-Akhlati 14th century Mala Pareshan (1356-1416) Abu'l Fida (1273-1331) Kurdish, the crater Abulfeda on the Moon is named after him Masud ibn Namdar Al-Shahrazuri Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi (1325-1404) 15th century Mela Hesenê Bateyî (Melayê Batê), (1417–1491), Kurdish poet and Muslim cleric, Hakkari region Idris Bitlisi 16th century Malaye Jaziri (Melayê Cizîrî), (1570–1640), Kurdish poet and Sufi Sherefxan Bidlisi (1543–1599), historian and poet, author of Sharafnama 17th century Faqi Tayran (Feqiyê Teyran), (1590–1660), poet, author of Sheik San'an and Battle of DimDim Ali Taramakhi (Eliyê Teremaxî), (1591-1653), linguist and writer Mustafa Besarani, (1642–1701), Kurdish poet Ahmad Khani (Ehmedê Xanî), (1651–1707) Kurdish writer, poet, astronomer and philosopher, author of Mem û Zîn 18th century Khana Qubadi (Xana Qubadî), (1700–1759), Kurdish poet, author of Şîrîn û Xesrew Mahmud Bayazidi (1797–1859), Kurdish writer, translator and historian Nalî (1797–1869), Kurdish mathematician poet Khâlid-i Baghdâdî 19th century Mastoura Ardalan (1805–1848), Kurdish poet and historiographer Mawlawi Tawagozi (1806–1882), Kurdish poet and Sufi Haji Qadir Koyi (1817–1897), Kurdish poet Mahwi (1830–1906), Kurdish poet and Sufi Sheikh Rezza Talabani (1835–1910), Kurdish, Iraq Wafaei (1844–1902), Kurdish poet, Iran Edeb (1860–1918), Kurdish poet, Iran Piramerd (1867–1950), Kurdish poet, writer, novelist and journalist, Iraqi Kurdistan Mulla Effendi (1863 - December 31, 1942), Islamic philosopher, scholar, astronomer, and politician Said Kurdi (1876–1960), Kurdish Islamic philosopher, Turkey Hajj Nematollah (1871–1919), mystic and poet Zewar (1875-1948), writer and poet 20th and 21st century Muhamed Amin Zaki (1880–1948), writer, historian and politician, Iraqi Kurdistan Taufiq Wahby (1891–1984), writer and linguist, Iraq Celadet Bedir Khan (Celadet Alî Bedirxan), (1893–1951), linguist, journalist and politician, founder of the Latin-based Kurdish alphabet Nuri Barzinji (1896–1958), poet, Iraqi Kurdistan Arab Shamilov (Erebê Şemo) (1897–1978), Kurdish writer and novelist, Armenia Rafiq Hilmi (1898–1960), Kurdish writer, literary analyst and politician, Iraq Cigerxwîn (Cegerxwîn), (1903–1984), Kurdish poet and writer, Turkey/Syria Abdulla Goran (1904–1962), Kurdish