Sharafnama

The Sharafnama (Kurdish: شەرەفنامە Şerefname; Persian: شرفنامه Sharafnâmeh; lit. 'The Book of Honor') is a book written in 1597 by the medieval Kurdish historian and poet Sharaf al-Din Bitlisi (1543–1599) in Persian. Sharafnama is regarded as an important, and the oldest, source on Kurdish history. It deals with the different Kurdish dynasties, such as the Ayyubid Dynasty of Saladin, ancient and Medieval Kurdish principalities in the Middle East and the Caucasus, as well as mentioning the pre-Islamic ancestors of the Kurds.