Almas Khan-e Kanoule'ei

{{Short description|Poet}}

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| birth_date = 1706

| birth_place = Kermanshah

| death_date = 1777

| death_place = Kermanshah

| occupation = Poet, officer

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| period = 18th century

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Sarhang Almas Khan ({{Langx|ku| ئەڵماس خانی کەنۆڵەیی |Serheng Elmas Xan}}), 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){{cite web| title = THE CAT AND THE MOUSE:A KURDISH MANUSCRIPT ATTRIBUTED TO ALMĀS KHĀN| url = http://www.kurdologie-wien.at/inst/images/foto/Dehqan_pdf/the-cat-%20and-the-mouse.pdf| access-date = 2015-04-23| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160128223720/http://www.kurdologie-wien.at/inst/images/foto/Dehqan_pdf/the-cat-%20and-the-mouse.pdf| archive-date = 2016-01-28| url-status = dead}}

References

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Category:People from Kermanshah province

Category:Kurdish poets

Category:1706 births

Category:1777 deaths

Category:18th-century Kurdish people

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