Sheikh Adī ibn Musāfir | |
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 The sarcophagus of Sheikh Adi | |
| Born | 1072–1078 Bait Far (today near Baalbek, Lebanon) |
| Died | 1162 |
| Resting place | Lalish, Iraq |
| Era | Late Abbasid |
| Predecessor | None |
| Successor | Sakhr Abu l-Barakat |
| Family | Umayyad dynasty |
| Part of a series on the Yazidi religion Yazidism |
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‘Adī ibn Musāfir (Kurdish: شێخ ئادی, romanized: Şêx Adî, Arabic: الشيخ عدي بن مسافر born 1072–1078, died 1162)[1] was a Sunni Muslim Arab[2][3][4] sheikh who is also considered a Yazidi saint.[5] 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 pilgrimage.[6][7]
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- ^ Bocheńska, Joanna (2018). Rediscovering Kurdistan's Cultures and Identities. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 261. ISBN 978-3-319-93087-9.
- ^ Leppakari, Maria (2017). Pilgrimage and Tourism to Holy Cities: Ideological and Management Perspectives. CABI. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-78064-738-8.
- ^ "The Yezidis, People of the Spoken Word in the midst of People of the Book". Diogenes. 22 September 1999. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Yazīdīs - Oxford Islamic Studies Online". www.oxfordislamicstudies.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
- ^ Spät, Eszter (2005), The Yezidis (2 ed.), London: Saqi, ISBN 0-86356-593-X
- ^ Langer, Robert (2010). "Yezidism between Scholarly Literature and Actual Practice: From 'Heterodox' Islam and 'Syncretism' to the Formation of a Transnational Yezidi 'Orthodoxy'". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 37 (3): 397. doi:10.1080/13530194.2010.524441. ISSN 1353-0194. JSTOR 23077034. S2CID 145061694.