Almas Khan-e Kanoule'ei explained

Sarhang Almas Khan
Birth Date:1706
Birth Place:Kermanshah
Death Date:1777
Death Place:Kermanshah
Occupation:Poet, officer
Period:18th century

Sarhang Almas Khan, was a Kurdish poet from the village of Kenule in Kermanshah, then under the rule of the Zand dynasty. He is known for writing the Kurdish Shahnameh which until then had been passed down orally. He wrote in Gorani.

Works

  1. Kurdish Shahnameh
  2. Gurba wa Mush, Cat and Mouse (poem)[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: THE CAT AND THE MOUSE:A KURDISH MANUSCRIPT ATTRIBUTED TO ALMĀS KHĀN. 2015-04-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20160128223720/http://www.kurdologie-wien.at/inst/images/foto/Dehqan_pdf/the-cat-%20and-the-mouse.pdf. 2016-01-28. dead.