Divan of Sheikh-i Majzub (Text-analysis)

Sheikh-i Majzub, real name Mohammed Saeed, is a Sufi poet from Jazire who has lived during the last ages Ottoman Empire and has written Kurdish classical poems. The main theme of this research is the publishing of his divan in Latin letters for the first time, and an analysis of it. The first part focuses on Majzub's life, his work and his Sufism. The second part is on Sheikh-i Majzub's literary character: His poetry, his style, poets who had inspired him and those who have been inspired by him, a formal examination of his divan, and literary arts. Third part presents an examination of the content of his poetry, considering the traces of classical Eastern poetic tradition on Majzup's divan. Metaphoric statements, references and private names are explained to facilitate the comprehensibility of his divan. The fourth and the final part presents the publication of the text of the divan. All of Majzub's Kurdish poems have been transcribed into Latin alphabet.