Background
He was born in a village called Miks in the Hakkari region of the Ottoman Empire (present-day south-eastern Turkey).
He was born in a village called Miks in the Hakkari region of the Ottoman Empire (present-day south-eastern Turkey).
His real name was Mir Mihemed. In his youth, he went to Cizre (Botan) region (in present-day Şırnak province) to study under the well-known Kurdish poet, Malaye Jaziri.