Background
He was born in Bayazid (present-day Doğubeyazıt in Ağrı Province, Turkey) in 1797.
He was born in Bayazid (present-day Doğubeyazıt in Ağrı Province, Turkey) in 1797.
He started his studies by reading the Koran, and then Arabic, Persian, Ottoman and Kurdish. He then moved to Tabriz in north-western Iran to continue his studies. After finishing his studies, he went back to his hometown and became a teacher.
After the fall of Kurdish emirates in Bayazid, he moved to Erzurum.