Mawlawi was born in a village in
Paveh County in
Iran into a family of notable
theologians and the mystic and scholar Abu Bakr b. Hedāyat-Allāh Ḥosayni Kordi from the 16th century. His dad Mollā Saʿid was headmaster of a
madrasa in
Kurdistan and Mawlawi himself also attended various madrasas where he completed his studies. After his studies, he became a
Mullah near
Halabja where he quickly integrated himself into the social life of the region. He had been interested in Sufism for a while and joined the
Naqshbandi order led by Oṯmān Serāj-al-Din who was a Naqshbandi leader of Kurds. He moreover received support from local Sufi
Sheikhs who acted as patrons and also fostered close relations with the
Jaff tribe and the
Ardalan state. His wife Ḵātun ʿAnbar, died before him and he wrote many poems about the pain of losing her. In the final years of his life, his library burnt down and he was blind for the last seven years of his life. He died falling of a horse near Halabja. == Poetry ==