Piryones (Kurdish: پیریۆنس) was a Muslim Kurdish poet and Sufi of 13th century. He was the son of Sheikh Zakariya and the brother of Shah Nimatullah Wali[1] the famous poet and Sufi. His shrine is in Hanjiran, which is a village 20 km from Mariwan. The available poems from Piryones are in Persian. Sheikh Shahabadin Shazeli wrote an ode to Piryones in Kurdish in 16th or 17th century.[2]

Piryones's shrine in Hanjiran, Mariwan
Piryones's shrine

References edit

  1. ^ Mudarris, A. K. (2012). "The family of the sages," Anna publication, Sanandaj, ISBN 978-964-6876-59-0. [in Kurdish]
  2. ^ Sajadi, A. (1978). "Kurdish literature texts," Kori Zaniyari Kurd, Baghdad. [in Kurdish]