What is Haji Qadir Koyi?
{{Infobox writer|name=Haji Qadir Koyi|native_name={{ubl|{{lang-ku|Hacî Qadirî Koyî}}|{{lang-ckb|حاجی قادری کۆیی}}}}|native_name_lang=ku|birth_date=1817|birth_place={{ubl|[[Koy Sanjaq]], [[Ottoman Empire]]|{{small|([[Kurdistan Region]], [[Iraq]])}}}}|death_date=1897|death_place={{ubl|[[Constantinople]], [[Ottoman Empire]]|{{small|([[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]])}}}}|language=[[Kurdish language|Kurdish]]}}'''Haji Qadir Koyi''' (1817–1897) was a [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] [[poet]] and [[mullah]]. He tried to help the growth of [[nationalism]] among the [[Kurds]] with his writing. He wrote that Kurds should develop [[literature]] and [[newspapers]] in the [[Kurdish language]]. Kurds, he wrote, should write down their [[oral tradition]]<nowiki/>s and their [[Ballad|ballads]]. Koyi thought that literature and political power were both important for the Kurds to develop a [[state]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DoNSXwb8D9EC|title=Historical Dictionary of the Kurds|last=Gunter|first=Michael M.|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0-8108-7507-4|edition=2nd|location=Lanham, MD; Toronto; Oxford|pages=168|language=en|chapter=Koyi, Haji Qadir (1817–1897)}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Koyi, Haji Qadir}} [[Category:1817 births]] [[Category:1897 deaths]] [[Category:Kurdish writers]] [[Category:Kurdish activists]] [[Category:Poets]] [[Category:Ottoman writers]]