• list of holy figures (Kurdish: Xudan, Xas, Babçak, Mêr) in Yazidism. There are a total of 365 Yazidi holy figures venerated by Yazidis. Many Yazidi tribes...
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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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    a list of Yazidi settlements in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Armenia, including both current and historical Yazidi settlements. Historically, Yazidis lived...
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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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    Yazidism (redirect from Yazidi religion)
    the Kurdish-speaking Yazidis, and is based on belief in one God who created the world and entrusted it into the care of seven Holy Beings, known as Angels...
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    Kitêba Cilwe The Yazidi Book of Revelation (Kurdish: Kitêba Cilwe, Sorani Kurdish: کتێبی جلوە lit. 'The Book of Revelation') is the title of a Kurdish book...
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    Tawûsî Melek (category Yazidi mythology)
    one of the central figures of the Yazidi religion. In Yazidi creation stories, before the creation of this world, God created seven Divine Beings, of whom...
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    Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan (category Yazidi holy figures)
    staying in a cave and will emerge at the end of times. List of Yazidi holy figures List of Yazidi holy places Kreyenbroek, Philip G; Jindy Rashow, Khalil...
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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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    Khatuna Fekhra (category Yazidi holy figures)
    is also a shrine built in honor of her in Lalish. List of Yazidi holy figures List of Yazidi holy places Omarkhali, Khanna (2017). The Yezidi religious...
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    He is also portrayed as holding knife and as an executioner. List of Yazidi holy figures Sicadîn Omarkhali, Khanna (2017). The Yezidi religious textual...
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    Pir Mehmed Reshan (category Yazidi holy figures)
    of drought, special ceremonies are held at sites dedicated to him to pray for rain and blessing of cultivated land. List of Yazidi holy figures List of...
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    Index of articles related to the Yazidis List of Yazidi holy places List of Yazidi organizations List of Yazidi people Religion in Kurdistan Yazidi literature...
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  • authored much of the poetry that is still recited among the Yezidis today in form of sacred hymns known as Qewls. According to Yazidi religious teachers...
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  • Sitiya Zin (category Yazidi holy figures)
    Sitiya Zin is a very important female saint of the Yazidis. As is often the case with saints of the Yazidis, there are little written traditions about...
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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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  • Ezdina Mir (category Yazidi holy figures)
    Êzdîne Mîr) is a Yazidi holy figure who was the father of Sheikh Shems, Fexredîn, Nasirdin, and Sejadin, making him the ancestor of all Şemsanî Sheikhs...
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    Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir (category Yazidi holy figures)
    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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  • Kurdistan List Kurukavak, Beşiri Kuşçukuru, Beşiri Kyaram Sloyan Lalish Lamiya Haji Bashar Lernamerdz List of Yazidi holy figures List of Yazidi holy places...
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    Sharfadin Temple (category Yazidi holy places)
    the shrine as part of the genocide of Yazidis by ISIL. List of Yazidi holy places "Outmanned And Outgunned, Fighters Defend Yazidi Shrine Against ISIS"...
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  • the Yazidi hierarchy. The Mîr (Prince) of Sheikhan is the highest political and religious authority of the entire Yezidi community. As a member of the...
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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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    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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    Mam Rashan Shrine (category Yazidi holy places)
    Shrine is a Yazidi site built in the 12th century located on Mount Sinjar in Iraq. The shrine is dedicated to Pîr Mehmed Reşan, a Yazidi holy figure associated...
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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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  • Sicadîn (category Yazidi holy figures)
    serves as a messenger of death, whereas Nasirdîn is the hangman who separates the soul from the body. Yazidism List of Yazidi holy figures Psychopomp Omarkhali...
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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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    Aknalich (category Yazidi holy places)
    Aknalich Yazidi Temple Armavir Province Quba Mere Diwane List of Yazidi holy places Yazidis in Armenia Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aknalich...
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    Shekhan District (category Districts of Dohuk Province)
    mainly populated by Yazidis with a large Assyrian minority. Assyrian homeland Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq List of Yazidi settlements "Basic...
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    Sheikh Shems (category Yazidi holy figures)
    |journal= (help) "The Yazidi mausoleums in Bozan". Mesopotamia. Retrieved 2021-10-24. Murad, Jasim Elias (1993). The Sacred Poems of the Yazidis: An Anthropological...
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