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Tawisa Tewrêzê: the city of Tabriz, located in today's Iran (Yazidis lived in the western hinterland in the Khoy region). Tawisa Misqofa : Renamed from Tawisa Serhedê after the exodus of the Yazidis from Serhed to the Russian Empire. Serhed is a region covering the cities of Kars, Ardahan, Erzurum, Ağri, Van, Bitlis and Muş. [82]
Yazidi shrine of Mame Reshan, partially destroyed by ISIL, in the Sinjar Mountains. Yazidis believe in one God, to whom they refer as Xwedê, Xwedawend, Êzdan, and Pedsha ('King'), and, less commonly, Ellah and Heq. [2] [8] [9] [5] [15] According to some Yazidi hymns (known as Qewls), God has 1,001 names, or 3,003 names according to other Qewls.
The following is a list of Yazidi settlements in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Armenia, including both current and historical Yazidi settlements. Historically, Yazidis lived primarily in Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. [1] However, events since the end of the 20th century have resulted in considerable demographic shifts in these areas as well as mass ...
This is a list of holy figures (Kurdish: Xudan, Xas, Babçak, Mêr) in Yazidism. [1]There are a total of 365 Yazidi holy figures venerated by Yazidis. [2] Many Yazidi tribes and lineages are named after Yazidi holy figures and there are many temples and shrines built in their honor.
The location of the tomb of the Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, a central figure of the Yazidi faith and considered the holiest of Yazidi temples. [2] Sharfadin temple: Sinjar, Iraq: 800 year old temple considered by Yazidis as one of the holiest places on earth. [3] Dedicated to Sherfedin. Chel Mera (Chermera) or "40 Men" Temple: Mount Sinjar, Iraq
Islamic State militants had abducted then-adolescent Ismail as they rampaged through Iraq’s Sinjar district, killing and enslaving thousands from the Yazidi religious minority.
There was a wave of Kurdish conversion to Christianity after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Most Kurdish converts to Christianity in the Post-Soviet states were from a Yazidi background. [32] In Armenia, around 3,600 Yazidis converted to Christianity. [33] Yazidi converts to Christianity were mistreated by the Yazidi community. [34]
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