# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nali
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:11:26.876Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nali"
name: "Nalî"
slug: "nali"
description: "Nalî, also known as Mela Khidrî Ehmedî Šaweysî Mikâʾîlî, was a prominent Kurdish poet, scholar, and linguist from the Sulaymaniyah region in present-day Kurdistan Region, Iraq. He is regarded as one of the most influential figures in classical Kurdish literature and a pioneer in the development of Central Kurdish as a literary language. He was known for his eloquent use of poetic forms and incorporation of themes such as love, mysticism, and Kurdish identity. Beside his literary contributions, he was also active in fields such as translation, jurisprudence, and mathematics, making him a key intellectual figure of 19th-century Kurdish society."
tagline: "Kurdish poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Statue_of_Kurdish_poet_Nali_in_general_garden_of_Sulaymaniyah%2C_Kurdistan%2C_Iraq.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1798"
deathDate: "1855"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.69
  momentum:             2.376760563380282
  historical:           12.29197466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A"
    title: "نالي الشهرزوري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "نالی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "نالی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nali_(%C5%9Fair)"
    title: "Nali (şair)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "نالی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nali"
    title: "Nali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nal%C3%AE"
    title: "Nalî"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nali"
    title: "Nali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nal%C3%AE"
    title: "Nalî"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "نالی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A2l%C3%AE"
    title: "Nâlî"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nal%C3%AE"
    title: "Nalî"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nal%C3%AE"
    title: "Nalî"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nal%C3%AE"
    title: "Nalî"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q576731"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump