Ehmedê Xasî

Ehmedê Xasî (born in 1866/67 in Lice – died 18 February 1951)[1] was a Kurdish literary figure and Mufti.

Xasî was born in the 1866 or 1867 in the village of Hêzan (Xas) near Lice which was part of the Ottoman Empire.

He would be released by Mehmed V.[6] During this period, Xasî had many arguments with Turkish nationalist Ziya Gökalp.

[1] Xasî spoke Zaza, Kurmanji Kurdish, Turkish, Arabic and Persian.

[1] Xasî wrote his main work Mewlîdu'n-Nebîyyî'l-Qureyşîyyî in 1899 and about 400 copies were printed in 1900.