Mawlid ad-Diba’i is a book that tells the story of the Prophet Muhammad. in literary terms. This term is taken from the name of the author namely al-Imam Wajihuddin Abdurrahman bin Muhammad bin Umar bin Ali bin Yusuf bin Ahmad bin Umar ad-Diba'i as-Syaibani al-Yamani az-Zabidi as-Shafi'i.
While the name Barzanji is taken from the name of its author, a Sufi named Shaykh Ja'far bin Husin bin Abdul Karim bin Muhammad Al - Barzanji. He is the famous and famous author of the Book of Mawlid by the name Mawlid Al-Barzanji. The paper is actually titled ‘Iqd Al-Jawahir (jeweled necklace) or‘ Iqd Al-Jawhar fi Mawlid An-Nabiyyil Azhar. Barzanji is actually the name of a place in Kurdistan, Barzanj. The name Al-Barzanji became popular in the 1920s when Shaykh Mahmud Al-Barzanji led a Kurdish national uprising against Britain which at that time ruled Iraq.