Mullah Hassan Qazi (Shaho) 1882-1971.
Mullah Hassan Qazi, son of Mullah Abdul Qadir, son of Mullah Awrahman, was born in 1882 in Byara, Hawraman region in South Kurdistan. After studying Shari'a sciences and Persian and Arabic, he became a judge for several years. He has written poetry in Kurdish, Persian and Arabic.
He died on June 23, 1971.
His name was Mullah Hassan, son of Mullah Abdul Qadir, son of Abdul Rahman. His father was known as the great mullah of Byara and had married in to the family of Sheikh Omar Zia'uddin of Byara.
After completing his religious and Arabic studies in the Byara area before World War I, Mullah Hassan moved to Baghdad and then to Istanbul.
Mullah Hassan contacts members of the Kurdistan Supreme Association in Istanbul.
He returned to Kurdistan in 1926 and was appointed judge of Halabja.
In 1937, he moved to Baghdad, where he was appointed as a clerk in the Shari'a Appeals Court. He worked as a judge in the courts of Chamchamal, Kirkuk and Erbil until 1953, when he retired.
Mullah Hassan was an intelligent and wise man. He was known among his companions for his neat dressing. In addition to Kurdish, he knew Arabic, Turkish and Persian.
Apart from religious aspects, Mullah Hassan paid great attention to poetry and was writing poetry.
Mullah Hassan or Shaho's poems were divided into three themes: religious, romantic, and national.
Shaho also had a thorough knowledge of the history of Kurdish poetry and literature.
Mullah Hassan was one of those religious men who composed his poems in a very orderly manner and could attract people's attention with his poems.
Shaho's poems have been published in two volumes. The first part was published in 1976 by Raperin Printing House in Sulaymaniyah, and the second part was published in 1980 by the same printing house.[1]