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Piramerd

Tawfeq Mahmoud Hamza or Piramerd (1867-1950), was a Kurdish poet , writer, novelist and journalist. He was born in Sulaimany.He studied Arabic and Islamic Fiqh in Sulaimaniya and Baneh in Iranian Kurdistan. From 1882 to 1895, he worked as an employee for different local government offices in Sulaimaniya, Halabja, Sharbazher .

In 1898, he was invited by the Ottoman Sultan Abd-ul-Hamid II to Istanbul where he stayed for one year. Then he went to Hajj pilgrimage and he was also given the title of Bey by the Sultan. After this, his title became Haji Tawfeq Bey. He met Wafaei, Kurdish poet, during the pilgrimage.

In 1899, he was appointed as a member of the High Majlis of Istanbul. Within the same period, he was admitted to the faculty of law in Istanbul. In 1907, he became a member of the Kurdish organization Komela Kurd in Istanbul. From 1909 to 1923, he served as the governor of several districts in Turkey and Kurdistan, among them Hakkari , Qeremursil, Balawa, Beyt?ssebap (in Sirnak Province), Gumuskoy, Adapazari and Amasya.

In 1925, he returned to Sulaimaniya via Baghdad. In 1926, he became the editor of the Kurdish newspaper Jyan and in 1932 he was promoted to the post of Manager. In 1938, he changed the name of the newspaper to Jan, and continued publishing it until 1950. He is also credited for the establishment of the first private Kurdish school in Kurdistan called Qutabxaney Zanisti (Scientific School)