Pir Mehmed Reshan

This article is about a Yazidi holy figure. For the settlement, see Mam Rashan. For the shrine, see Mam Rashan Shrine.

Pir Mam Rashan or Pir Mehmed Reshan (Kurdish: Pîr Mehmed Reşan, Pîr Memê Reşan, Pîr Mamreşan[1]) was a 12th-century Yazidi saint. The Mam Rashan Shrine on Mount Sinjar was built in honor of him.[2][3]

Pir Mehmed Reshan
Lord of the rain and protector of harvest
View of the shrine of Pir Mehmed Rashan, adjacent to Maqlub Mountain near Bardarash
Other namesŞêr Memê Reşan ('Lion Memê Reşan')
Venerated inYazidism
AnimalsPatron of cats[4]
MountLion; In Yazidi religious texts, Memê Reşan is called Şêr Memê Reşan ('Lion Memê Reşan'), because there is a storyline about Memê Reşan, who, to show his power, saddled a stone, which then turned into a lion.[5]
RegionKurdistan
Ethnic groupKurds (Yazidis)
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As a patron saint of agriculture, he is considered to be the protector of harvests and bringer of rain. His feast is celebrated in spring. There is a shrine dedicated to him at Lalish. Also, a shrine that is claimed as his tomb is situated behind Mount Maqlub near Bardarash, Iraq.[6] During times of drought, special ceremonies are held at sites dedicated to him to pray for rain and blessing of cultivated land.[7]

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  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Reconstruction of the Yazidi Mam Rashan Shrine". Culture in Crisis. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  4. ^ Pirbari, Dimitri V.; Mossaki, Nodar Z. (2022). "A Yezidi Manuscript – Mišūr of Pir Amar Qubaysi, its study and critical analysis". Eurasian Arabic Studies. 5 (3): 66–87. doi:10.26907/2619-1261.2022.5.3.66-87. ISSN 2619-1261.
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  6. ^ Kreyenbroek, Philip (1995). Yezidism: its background, observances, and textual tradition. Lewiston NY: E. Mellen Press. ISBN 0-7734-9004-3. OCLC 31377794.
  7. ^ Fobbe, Sean; Navrouzov, Natia; Hopper, Kristen; Khudida Burjus, Ahmed; Philip, Graham; Nawaf, Maher G; Lawrence, Daniel; Walasek, Helen; Birjandian, Sara; Ali, Majid Hassan; Rashidani, Salim (2019-08-02). "Destroying the Soul of the Yazidis: Cultural Heritage Destruction during the Islamic State's Genocide against the Yazidis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)