Kurdish philosopher Abu Hanifa Dinawari (Dineweri) is one of the most accomplished scholars of Islam and Aryan culture. In the 9th century — a thousand years ago — Dineweri wrote a Kurdish History, drew a Kurdistan Map, and produced 16 scientific works across different disciplines.
Aryan - Kurdish Intellectual System
Drawing particular strength from Aryan-Kurdish intellectual traditions and culture, he made significant contributions to both Islam and all of humanity. He was an extraordinary scientist working across diverse fields including astronomy, botany, metallurgy, geography, mathematics, and history.
Father of Botany
Since the scientific language of his era was Arabic, he wrote his works in Arabic but did not neglect Kurdish. Dinawari is particularly known for his eight-volume "Kitab al-Nabat" (Book of Plants) and is universally recognized as the "Father of Botany."
He was born in 828 in the city of Dinewer in the Kirmanshah region of eastern Kurdistan and passed away in 896.
Izady: The Greatest Mind of Islamic Societies
Harvard University Professor Mehrad R. Izady stated: "The most accomplished among Kurdish greats; the greatest mind produced by Islamic societies up to that time."
German scientist Bruno Silberberg described the work's importance as follows: "A thousand years after the Greek botanical works of Theophrastus and Dioscorides, Dinawari's book, which appeared in the second century of Islam, not only reached Greek standards but far surpassed them."
Why Was He Overlooked?
His works examining Kurdish culture, origins, and language were continuously overlooked by dominant Turkish, Arab, Persian, and other empires. His exclusive use of Kurdish terminology in botanical nomenclature, documentation of Kurdish history, and drawing of a Kurdistan map were the primary reasons.
Works
Social Sciences:
- Ensab ul-Ekrad (Kurdish Origins)
- Ixbar ul-tiwal (History)
- Kitab ul-fisaha (Rhetoric)
- Kitab ul-buldan (Geography)
- Kitab ul-shi'r we shuara (Literature)
- Kitab el-kebir (Great Book of Knowledge)
Mathematics and Natural Sciences:
- Kitab el-cebr we muqabile (Algebra)
- Kitab el-nebat (Botany)
- Kitab el-kusuf (Solar Eclipses)
- Kitab el-redd ala reshad el-isfexani (Astronomical Criticism)
- Kitab el-hisab (Arithmetic)
- Baxt fi hisab-el hind (Indian Arithmetic)
- Kitab el-cem wel tefriq (Addition and Division)
- Kitab el-qible wel ziwal (Astronomy)
- Kitab el-enwa (Meteorology)
- Islahel mantiq (Logic)