Ya'qūb Māydashtī

Sayyid Ya'qūb Māydashtī (1799–1871) was a Kurdish poet from Kermanshah and considered one of the greatest from the Kermanshah area. Subjects of his included love, religion, mysticism, satire and the popular genre of enigma and answering them.

Before his death in Qomsheh in 1871, he travelled to Qom to visit the Fatima Masumeh Shrine and also to Tehran.

After his death, the same symbol which was put over the graves of Kurdish kings, religious leaders and other eminent people was erected over the grave of Maydashti.

Works Important works of Māydashtī:

Dirîj ö Taren Imşu (Long and Dark is Tonight) Çarenûs (The Predestinator) Wext-i Çepawe (The Time of Jubilation It Is) Dur-i Pendit (The Pearl of Your Advice) Xawîran Xalit (Your Disturbing Spot) Çûn 'Umr-i Min (As My Life) Dilber Tu Nepirsî (Charmer! You Do Not Ask!) Mewla Parestan (Master Worshippers) Şîrîn Tewr Takî (Of A Nice Figure You Are) Tu Ta Kiy Ne Fikr Sewday Xamenî (Until What Time You Are Thinking About The Vain Imagination?) Zahid Heramen (Ascetic! It is Prohibited) Çiraxim Daxî (My Lamp Burned) Hamseran Tew Bî (Companions! It Is The End) Şîrîn Exzerî (Vivacious You Are!) Hûşîm Medhûşem (My Intelligence Is Confused)