What is Alişer?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Alişer | image = Alîşêr Efendî & Zarîfe Xatun.jpg | caption = Alişer (left) and his wife Zarife Xanım (right) | image_size = | nickname = Alîşêr ''Efendî'' | birth_date = 1862 | birth_place = Sivas Vilayet, Ottoman Empire | death_date = 9 July 1937<br>(aged 75{{sfn|Dersimi|1952|p=281}}) | death_place = Kafat, Ovacık | placeofburial = | allegiance = [[File:Flag of Russia.svg|23px|border]] Russian Empire{{sfn|Dersimi|1952|p=280}} (1914{{sfn|Dersimi|1952|p=280}}–17)<br>Society for the Rise of [[Kurdistan]] (1919–21) | serviceyears = | rank = | battles = {{tree list}} *World War I **Caucasus campaign Koçgiri rebellion<br>Dersim rebellion {{tree list/end}} | battles_label = Wars | spouse = Zarife Xanım<br>(?–9 July 1937) | awards = | signature = | relations = | honorific_suffix = Efendî }} '''Alişer Efendî''' ([[Kurdish language|Kurdish]]: Alişêr Efendî; 1862–9 July 1937), was a [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] military leader and poet. He organized the [[Koçgiri rebellion]]. He was one of the leaders of [[Dersim rebellion]]. He fought against the [[Ottoman Empire]] during [[World War I]]. == References == {{Reflist}} == Sources == * {{Cite book|title=Kürdistan Tarihinde [[Dersim]]|last=Dersimi|first=Nuri|publisher=Ani Matbaası|year=1952|isbn=975-6876-44-1|location=Aleppo|pages=|language=tr|quote=|orig-year=}} [[Category:Kurdish activists]] [[Category:1862 births]] [[Category:1937 deaths]] {{bio-stub}}