The famous Kurdish poet of Khorasan, Turkmenistan, Central Asia. There is not much known about his life. Jafar Qoli, son of Mullah Reza Qoli, was born around 1814 in the village of Shakafkoy, located northeast of Qochan village. His father was from the Kurdish tribe of Zangalanloo. He was known as Jafar Quli Zangli, Jafar Quli Becharah, Jafar Quli Andalib and Jafar Quli Mukhtar.
He did not have a proper education. In his youth he was attracted to a beautiful girl named Malwari. In this regard, he says; I am not a mullah, I am a poet, but I am a slave of the Qur'an. Kurds of Khorasan say about Jafar Quli; Jafar Quli Malwari's love is like Maulana Jaladini Rumi's love for Shams Tabriz. They consider this poet as a beloved, artistic and world-renowned musician.
He traveled from city to city and lived in the deserts with animals, beasts and birds. He once lived in Kharzem, in what are now the Islamic republics of Central Asia. Most of Jafar Quli's life is related to a girl named Malwari. He always sang songs for people with his beautiful voice on the stringed instrument. Most of his songs were for his beloved Malwari. Kurds in Khorasan and Turkmenistan are so fond of Jafar Qulin that it was knownthat Malvari's father, Karwala Guli, was from the village of Zanglana in the Daragazi region of Iran.
Some national legends among the Kurdish people were part of the life of Jafar Quli, as he says; Jafar Quli saw a beautiful girl in his dream and fell in love with her. The girl of the dream was named Malwari. Then he happened to meet a girl named Malwari.
However, these legendary stories have created the pleasure and thought of the poet of the illiterate and ordinary people of the nation.
Jafar Quli died in 1905 after a long life.[1]