Career
He is one of the most significant classic Kurdish poets. He died in 1866 in Sulaimany. Most of his poems are in the form of Ghazal, but he has some quatrains(Ruba"is) and Qasidas.
His poems are in Kurdish, Persian and Arabic.
He is influenced by Hafez and Kalim Hamedani among Persian poets and Nali among the Kurdish poets. His poetry is meterical, he has used Hazaj meter in his poetry which is too suitable for Sorani poetry.
There are many Persian and Arabic words in Salim"s Kurdish poems.