List of Yazidi saints
This is a list of saints in Yazidism.[1]
There are dozens of saints that are revered by Yazidis. The names of many Yazidi tribes and lineages are named after Yazidi saints.[2][3]
List[]
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- Pir Ali
- Mehmed Reshan (Mam Rashan)
- Rabi'a al-Adawiyya, a female saint
- ("Red Moses")
Sheikh Adi's lineage[]
- Sheikh Adi
- Sheikh Hesen, patriarch of the Adani Sheikhs and the successor of Sakhr Abu l-Barakat (Sheikh Adi's nephew)
- Sherfedin, son of Sheikh Hesen
- Sheikh Hesen, patriarch of the Adani Sheikhs and the successor of Sakhr Abu l-Barakat (Sheikh Adi's nephew)
- brothers of Sheikh Adi
- Sheikh Obekr, patriarch of the Qatani Sheikhs
- (ʿEbdil Qadir)
- Sheikh
Shemsani lineage[]
- Ezdina Mir
- (four major saints who are the sons of Ezdina Mir)
- Sheikh Shems (Shems ad-Dīn)
- Amadîn (‘Emad ad-Dīn), son of Sheikh Shems; patron of stomachaches
- Şêx Bavikê Şemsa (Sheikh Babik), son of Sheikh Shems
- Şêx Alê Şemsa, son of Sheikh Shems
- Şêx Avîndê Şemsa, son of Sheikh Shems
- Şêx Babadînê Şemsa, son of Sheikh Shems
- Şêx Evdalê Şemsa, son of Sheikh Shems
- Şêx Hesenê Şemsa, son of Sheikh Shems, Xatûna Fexra's husband
- Şêxê Reş (Cinteyar)
- Şêx Tokilê Şemsa, son of Sheikh Shems
- Şêx Xidirê Şemsa, son of Sheikh Shems
- Sitiya Îs/Ês, daughter of Sheikh Shems
- Sitiya Nisret, daughter of Sheikh Shems
- Sitiya Bilxan (Belqan), daughter of Sheikh Shems
- Fakhraddin
- Şêx Mend, eldest son of Fakhraddin; Lord of Snakes and Serpents
- Xatûna Fexra, female saint, daughter of Fakhraddin, wife of Şêx Hesenê Şemsa; Guardian of Birth and Pregnancy
- Şêx Bedir, son of Fakhraddin
- Aqûb, adopted son of Fakhraddin
- Nasirdin
- Sejadin
- Sheikh Shems (Shems ad-Dīn)
Minor patron saints[]
Below are minor saints, many of whom are considered to be patrons of specific objects and functions.[1]
- Pir Jerwan, patron saint of scorpions
- Gavanê Zerzan (protector of cattle)
- Mem Şivan ("the Shepherd"), protector of sheep, he is represented in the bas-reliefs here with his crook and sheep.[4]
- Sheikh 'Ebrûs (patron of thunder and lightning)
- Pîrê Libnan (patron of bricks), said to have built many shrines at Lalish during the time of Sheikh Adi
- Derwesh el-'Erd (Dervish of the Earth; invoked during sowing and at burials)
- Baba Gûshgûsh (patron of ear diseases)
- Pire Terjiman, Sheikh Adi's Arabic to Kurdish translator (since Sheikh Adi was born in Lebanon)
- Sheikh Mushelleh (patron of roads)
- Sitt Nefîse (patron of fever and insomnia)
- Sheikh Bako
- Feqire 'Eli
- Sheikh Kiras
- Kanî Zerr, Kaniya Zerka (patron of jaundice), personification of a spring. His name literally means "yellow spring."
- Pir Dawud, a loyal servant of Sheikh Adi
- Melekê Mîran (Mêran) (patron of rheumatism)
- 'Ebd Resh ('Ebdî Resho)
- Shehsiwar (patron of war and horsemanship)
- Pir Sinî Daranî/Bahrî (Lord of the sea and son of a sea maiden)[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Kreyenbroek, Philip (1995). Yezidism: its background, observances, and textual tradition. Lewiston NY: E. Mellen Press. ISBN 0-7734-9004-3. OCLC 31377794.
- ^ Omarkhali, Khanna (2017). The Yezidi religious textual tradition, from oral to written: categories, transmission, scripturalisation, and canonisation of the Yezidi oral religious texts. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-10856-0. OCLC 994778968.
- ^ Kreyenbroek, Philip (2005). God and Sheikh Adi are perfect: sacred poems and religious narratives from the Yezidi tradition. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-05300-6. OCLC 63127403.
- ^ "The Yazidi Mausoleums of Mam Chevan". Mesopotamia. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
- ^ Pirbari, Dimitri; Mossaki, Nodar; Yezdin, Mirza Sileman (2020-03-03). "A Yezidi Manuscript:—Mišūr of P'īr Sīnī Bahrī/P'īr Sīnī Dārānī, Its Study and Critical Analysis". Iranian Studies. 53 (1–2): 223–257. doi:10.1080/00210862.2019.1669118. ISSN 0021-0862.
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