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Although Kurdish has a long history, little is known about Kurdish in pre-Islamic times.

Among the earliest Kurdish religious texts is the Yazidi Black Book, the sacred book of Yazidi faith.

It is considered to have been authored by Hassan bin Adi ( b. 1400 AD ), the great-grandnephew of Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, the founder of the faith, sometime in the 13th century AD.

It contains the Yazidi account of the creation of the world, the origin of man, the story of Adam and Eve and the major prohibitions of the faith.

From the 15th to 17th centuries, classical Kurdish poets and writers developed a literary language.

The most notable classical Kurdish poets from this period were Ali Hariri, Ahmad Khani, Malaye Jaziri and Faqi Tayran.