There is a social organizational structure in the Yazidi community. There are three main castes, namely the Mirids, the Sheikhs, and the Pirs. Furthermore...
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Yazidis in Armenia (Armenian: Եզդիները Հայաստանում; Kurdish: Êzîdiyên Ermenistanê) are Yazidis who live in Armenia, where they form the largest ethnic...
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Wikisource has original text related to this article: Kitêba Cilwe The Yazidi Book of Revelation (Kurdish: Kitêba Cilwe, Sorani Kurdish: کتێبی جلوە lit...
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Yazidis, also spelled Yezidis (/jəˈziːdiz/ ; Êzidî), are a Kurdish-speaking endogamous religious group indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region...
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laureate Khanna Omarkhali - academic Yazidi Academy List of Yazidi organizations Allison, Christine (2014-02-20). "Yazidis i: General". Encyclopædia Iranica...
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The Yazidi genocide was perpetrated by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria between 2014 and 2017. It was characterized by massacres, genocidal rape, and...
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Yazidism (redirect from Yazidi religion)
directly derived from the Indo-Iranian tradition. Its followers, called Yazidis, are a Kurdish-speaking community. Yazidism includes elements of ancient...
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article: Mishefa Reş The Yazidi Black Book (Kurdish: Mishefa Reş) is one of two books written in the style of a holy book of the Yazidis in their native Kurmanji...
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There are a total of 365 Yazidi holy figures venerated by Yazidis. Many Yazidi tribes and lineages are named after Yazidi holy figures and there are...
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The persecution of Yazidis has been ongoing since at least the 12th century. Yazidis are an endogamous and mostly Kurmanji-speaking minority, indigenous...
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Media related to Yazidi shrines in Iraq at Wikimedia Commons List of Yazidi holy figures List of Yazidi settlements "Five years on, Yazidis remember brutal...
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Tawûsî Melek (category Yazidi mythology)
Melek, lit. 'Peacock Angel') is one of the central figures of the Yazidi religion. In Yazidi creation stories, before the creation of this world, God created...
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Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir (category Yazidi mythology)
Yazidi saint. The Yazidis consider him as an avatar of Tawûsî Melek, which means "Peacock Angel". His tomb at Lalish, Iraq is a focal point of Yazidi...
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Yazidi literature is literature produced by the Kurds-Yazidi people. Although Yazidi literature has traditionally been primarily oral, many Yazidi texts...
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Fawzia Amin Sido (category Yazidi women)
1999 or 2003) is a Yazidi woman from northern Iraq who was captured by the Islamic State (ISIS) as a 10-year-old child during the Yazidi genocide in 2014...
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The Yazidi New Year (Sersal) is called Çarşema Sor ("Red Wednesday") or Çarşema Serê Nîsanê ("Wednesday at the beginning of April") in Kurmanji. It falls...
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Yazidism in Georgia (redirect from Yazidis in Georgia)
In 1919, the Yazidis received permission from the Georgian government to register an organization called The National Council of Yazidis in Tbilisi. In...
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list of Yazidi settlements in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Armenia, including both current and historical Yazidi settlements. Historically, Yazidis lived primarily...
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Sinjar Mountains (category Yazidi holy places)
just south of the range. These mountains are regarded as sacred by the Yazidis. The Sinjar Mountains are a breached anticlinal structure. These mountains...
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Yazidism in Russia (redirect from Yazidis in Russia)
refers to believers of Yazidism in Russia. This community is part of the Yazidis who emigrated to Russia from the Armenian and Georgian parts of the Soviet...
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Quba Mêrê Dîwanê (category Yazidi holy places)
1402°N 44.1618°E / 40.1402; 44.1618 Quba Mêrê Dîwanê is the world's largest Yazidi temple. It is located in the Armenian village of Aknalich, in the province...
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Progress Yazidi New Year Yazidi social organization Yazidis in Armenia Yazidis in Georgia Yazidis in Germany Yazidis in Syria Yazidis Yazidism in Iraq Yazidism...
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Lalish (category Yazidi holy places)
the holiest temple of the Yazidis. It is the location of the tomb of the Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, a central figure of the Yazidi faith. The temple is above...
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persons of Kurds-Yazidis. Ali Atalan, politician Arab Shamilov, novelist Amar Suloev, mixed martial artist, hitman Amin Farhan Jejo, Yazidi politician and...
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Sultan Ezid (category Yazidi mythology)
figure in the Yazidi religion. Although many scholars consider his name to be derived from that of the second Umayyad caliph Yazid I, Yazidis consider him...
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Yazidism in Syria (redirect from Yazidis in Syria)
religion. Yazidis in Syria live primarily in two communities, one in the Al-Jazira area and the other in the Kurd-Dagh. Exact population data of Yazidis in Syria...
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Christian and Yazidi Children of Iraq or CYCI foundation is a Canadian non-profit organization that aims to free Christian and Yazidi women captured...
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Yazidism in Turkey (redirect from Yazidis in Turkey)
who remained in Turkey after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. The Yazidis living in Turkey during and after the second half of the 20th century gradually...
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Pir Ali (also written as Pirali) is a holy person in the Yazidi religion. The Çelka Yazidis celebrate the Batizmi festival in his honor. Pir Ali is also...
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Fexredîn (redirect from Fakhraddin (Yazidi saint))
while his brother, Sheikh Shems is the personification of the Sun. Many Yazidi qewls (sacred hymns) are attributed to Fexredîn. Şêx Fexredîn was a Yezidi...
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