The Sharafnama (Kurdish: Sharafnama, "The Book of Honor" is the famous book of Sharaf al-Din Bitlisi (a medieval Kurdish historian and poet) (1543–1599), which he wrote in 1597. Sharafnama is regarded as the main source on Kurdish history.
History
Main article: Sharaf xan Bidlisi
Sharaf xan Bidlisi was born in February 25, 1543, son of Shamsaddin Batlisi[citation needed], in the Garmrood village. In 1576 Tahmasb of the Safavids gives him the title the Mir of Mirs ("commander of commanders"); appoints him leader of all Iranian Kurdish tribes.[2]
In 1578, Sharafxan abandons his previous stand, and supports the Ottomans in their war against the Iranians, offering them 400 soldiers. Between 1578 and 1588, Sharafxan virtually led all the Ottoman wars against the Persians.[3] Sultan Murad III, the Ottoman Sultan, grants Sharafxan the title of xan. He becomes the Mir of the Batlisi province. As he turned 53, Sharafkhan gives the authority of his dynasty to his son Shamsaddin Bag Abu Alma'ali. He begins writing the book Sharafnama in 1597.
Translations
In 1873-1875, François Charmoy, a French scholar, translated it from Persian into French and published it in Saint Petersburg, Russia. At the right, it is a Kurdish-French dictionnary, made by Alexandre Jaba, and published in 1879 in Saint Pertersburg too. Among many other languages, the Sherefname has been translated into Arabic, Azerbaijani, English, Ottoman, Russian, and Turkish languages. For the first time in 1972 the great Kurdish scholar Abdurrahman Sharafkandi, translated the book from Persian into Kurdish for the first time.
Legacy of Sharafnamaeh
Being one of the oldest book ever written by a Kurdish historian, Sharafnama is of particular significance for modern historians and scholars. The fact that a Kurd, for the first time, put Kurdish culture, history, heritage and society under a spotlight is of special importance in contrast to other studies that were done before Sharafnama that viewed Kurds in the context of the Greater Muslim world, and just another Muslim people.
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Including:
Sharafname contains several anecdotes.
Including the story of Mahmoud xan noted in Sharafname
Mihemed Aghaye Kelhoki has played a great role in the history of Kurdistan. This handbook is the story of the work and efforts of this hero. In the pages of the Charter, Sharefxan has expressed this true, honest and loyal good man. I also came up with an epic of this sacrifice and heroism of this tiger. This handbook is not from imagination, but from a historical fact that the honorable and great scholar Sharefxan spoke wisely about a Roshki footman and he held this brave Roshki above everyone else. Our hero, from 1466 to 1516, is an unparalleled soldier of the Rojkan state for 50 years. His dedication and loyalty are immeasurable. Şerefkhan says: "Mohamed Aghaye Kelhoki was the best and truest volunteer who served the Diyaeddin family."