Yazidism in Iraq refers to adherents of Yazidism from Iraq who reside mainly in the districts of Shekhan, Simele, Zakho and Tel Kaif, in Bashiqa and Bahzani...

community. Yazidism includes elements of ancient Iranian religions, as well as elements of Judaism, Church of the East, and Islam. Yazidism is based on...

to recognize Yazid following his accession and took sanctuary in Mecca. When Husayn left for Kufa in Iraq to lead a revolt against Yazid, he was killed...

Yazidism in Georgia refers to adherents of Yazidism among Kurds in Georgia. Yazidis of Georgia fled from the Ottoman Empire due to persecution in the...

The Yazidism in Russia refers to believers of Yazidism in Russia. This community is part of the Yazidis who emigrated to Russia from the Armenian and...

an Iranic ethnic group. Yazidism is the ethnic religion of the Yazidi people and is monotheistic in nature, having roots in a pre-Zoroastrian Iranic...

Yazidism in Syria refers to people born in or residing in Syria who adhere to Yazidism, a strictly endogamous religion. Yazidis in Syria live primarily...

been measured so far in Yazidis in Armenia and in Muslim Kurds from Northern Iraq: Yazidis in Armenia: 11.9%, Muslim Kurds of Iraq: 9.5%, Armenians: Frc/Ø:...

 717–741) to institute a similar edict in his domains. Yazid reintroduced Syrian troops to enforce Umayyad rule in Iraq, where their domination was long resented...

Yazidism in Turkey refers to adherents of Yazidism from Turkey, who remained in Turkey after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. The Yazidis living...

Christianity, Yazidism, Mandaeism and Yarsanism. The religious development of Mesopotamia and Mesopotamian culture in general, especially in the south, was...

group who live predominantly in northern Iraq. Their religion is known as Yazidism. Media related to Yazidi shrines in Iraq at Wikimedia Commons List of...

Iraqis are Muslims – minority faiths include Christianity, Yazidism, Zoroastrianism, Mandaeism, Yarsanism and Judaism. The official languages of Iraq...

militias who fought against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq have lived for various years in Germany. Ali Atalan – politician Eskerê Boyîk...

Umar died in February 720; around the same time, Yazid escaped from his imprisonment and decided to return to Iraq. Habib at this time was in Basra, together...

Ancient Iranian religions, Vedic Hinduism, Yarsanism and Zoroastrianism. In Yazidism, the Peacock, the symbol or icon of Tawûsî Melek, is believed to represent...

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practiced Yazidism, Mandaeism, and other religions. While there has been voluntary relocation of many Christian families to northern Iraq, recent reporting...

at the Battle of Karbala. Although it stymied active opposition to Yazid in Iraq, the killing of Muhammad's grandson left many Muslims outraged and significantly...

entered Iraq to avenge him. Marwan eventually rallied around Yazid. Yazid appointed Mansur ibn Jumhur to replace Yusuf ibn 'Umar as governor of Iraq. On May...

Ali and grandson of Muhammad, left Medina to lead a revolt against Yazid in Iraq. He was slain alongside his band of about seventy followers at the Battle...

Gorani. The Kurdish people within Iraq have grappled with various political statuses over their history. Kurds are in Iraq because of the racism do to the...

to immigrate to Iraq. According to Madelung, Umar may have promoted Yazid and Mu'awiya as guarantors of the Caliphate's authority in Syria against the...

Umayyad control in Iraq. After Marwan died in April 685, he was succeeded by his son Abd al-Malik. About the time of caliph Yazid's death, the Umayyad...

a Kurdish-speaking people who are indigenous to Kurdistan who practice Yazidism, a monotheistic Iranian ethnoreligion derived from the Indo-Iranian tradition...

Abbasid Revolution. In the event, as the Abbasid armies swept westwards, they defeated Yazid's deputy Amir ibn Dubara and reached Iraq. Yazid managed to inflict...

prince Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik in Palestine. When Sulayman acceded as caliph in 715, he appointed Yazid governor of Iraq. His authority was limited to...

(modern-day southern Iraq). Prior to his death, the Umayyad caliph Mu'awiya I (r. 661–680) had nominated his son Yazid as his successor. Yazid's nomination was...

Iraqis (Arabic: العراقيون) are people who originate from the country of Iraq. Iraqi Arabs are the largest ethnic group in Iraq, followed by Iraqi Kurds...

Banu Tamim located in Kufa, Iraq. This is the most commonly accepted lineage of al-Hurr conveying a condensed title of al-Hurr ibn Yazid al Tamimi. However...