Dildar (poet)

Dildar
Dildar as a young man
Born Yûnis Reuf or Yûnis Mele Re'ûf
(1918-02-20)20 February 1918
Koi Sanjaq, Mosul Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (Present day Iraq)
Died 20 October 1948(1948-10-20) (aged 30)
A prison in Iran
Literary movement Kurdish Nationalism
Notable works Ey Reqîb

Yûnis Reuf (Kurdish: یوونس ڕەئووف‎ or Yûnis Mele Re'ûf) (February 20, 1918 – October 20, 1948) known as Dildar, was a Kurdish poet and political activist.

Early life and his studies

He was born on February 20, 1918 in the town of Koye Koi Sanjaq located in the Mosul Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present day Erbil Governorate). In his youth, he began attending a school at Ranya. After finishing high school in Kirkuk, he moved to Baghdad, where he studied Law. In 1945 he finished law school.[1]

Law work and Political Activism

Law

He began to work as a lawyer, mainly to defend poor people, farmers, and the Kurdish issue in general.[2]

Political Activism

He joined the Hewa Party in 1938, which became "the first Kurdish organisation legally recognised that seeks for unity and free Kurdistan". He then travelled to Rojhelat Kurdistan to join the revolution led by Qazi Muhammad against the government of Iran. He was then arrested.[3]

Prison and Death

Ey Reqîb

After being arrested, he was sent to a prison in Iran, where he wrote "Ey reqîb", which means "Oh enemy", in 1938. He would talk to the prison guard, telling him that the Kurds will not back down from fighting for Kurdistan.

Death and Legacy

Dildar died young at the age of 31 of heart problems. However, he lived to see his poem "Ey Reqîb" adopted as the Kurdish national anthem. Ey Reqîb was first played and sung in 1946 on the proclamation of the short-lived Republic of Mahabad. Today the song is played as the official anthem of Iraqi Kurdistan.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Dildar is not dead he is alive". Kurdistani Nwe (in Central Kurdish). June 19, 2012. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ http://en.diroka-kurdi.com/2016/12/dildar.html
  3. ↑ http://en.diroka-kurdi.com/2016/12/dildar.html
  4. ↑ KRG. "Flag and national anthem". cabinet.gov.krd. KRG. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

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