{{Short description|11th-century Kurdish poet}}
'''Ali Hariri''' or '''Sheikh Ahmed Bohtani'''<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Kaymak|first=Wedat|url=https://bnk.institutkurde.org/images/pdf/F15HG3LP6E.pdf|title=Les éternels exilés|publisher=Association des cineastes kurdes en exil|year=1990|location=Paris|pages=73|language=fr|access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref> ({{Langx|ku|Elî Herîrî}}; 1009 in Harir – 1079/1080)<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Hajj|first=Hussain|date=2018|title=Transformations Of Kurdish Music In Syria: Social And Political Factors|url=https://polen.itu.edu.tr/bitstream/11527/18141/1/513167.pdf|journal=Istanbul Technical University Department of Musicology and Music Theory|page=20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Mccarus|first=Ernest Nasseph|title=A Kurdish Grammar: Descriptive Analysis of the Kurdish of Sulaimaniya, Iraq|publisher=American Council of Learned Societies|year=1958|pages=6}}</ref> was a Kurdish poet who wrote in Kurmanji and considered a pioneer in classical Kurdish Sufi literature and a founder of the Kurdish literary tradition.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=al-Karadaghi|first=Mustafa|title=Kurdistan Times|pages=190}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Özel|first=Ahmet|date=2016|title=FAKĪ-yi TEYRÂN|url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/faki-yi-teyran|journal=TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi|language=tr}}</ref>
== Biography == Hariri was born in 1009 in the village of Harir, part of the Hakkâri district of Bohtan.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cemal|first=Onursal|date=1995|title=Kurdiska mannen höjer sin röst!|url=http://www.arsivakurd.org/images/arsiva_kurd/kovar/jin_kovara_jinan/jin_kovara_jinan_2_3.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=24 April 2021|website=Arsivakurd.org|publisher=Kurdistans Kvinnoförbund|page=34|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424101057/http://www.arsivakurd.org/images/arsiva_kurd/kovar/jin_kovara_jinan/jin_kovara_jinan_2_3.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-24 }}</ref> He was first mentioned by Ehmedê Xanî in the 17th century, and limited information is known about him.<ref name=":0" /> His poetry focused on love, love for Kurdistan, its beautiful nature and the beauty of its people. The poems were popular and spread all over Kurdistan.<ref name=":2" /> According to historian Muhibbî, Hariri moved to Damascus to study and had a son named '''Şex Ehmed''' (d. 1048) who possibly was a mullah and a faqih.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Yûsuf|first=Abdulreqîb|title=Şaîrên klasîk ên Kurd|publisher=JM Weşanen Jîna Nû|year=1988|isbn=9197092789|pages=13–15|language=ku}}</ref>
He died in Cizre and his grave is considered a sacred place and visited by numerous people every year.<ref name=":2" />
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