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Yazidism
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 Quba Mêrê Dîwanê is the largest temple of the Yazidis in the world, located at the village of Aknalich in Armenia | |
| Type | Ethnic religion |
| Classification | Iranian religions[1][2] |
| Scripture | Yazidi Book of Revelation, Yazidi Black Book |
| Theology | Monotheistic |
| Mir | Hazim Tahsin or Naif Dawud[3] |
| Baba Sheikh | Sheikh Ali Ilyas |
| Language | Kurdish (Kurmanji) |
| Headquarters | Lalish, Iraqi Kurdistan |
| Origin | 12th century Kurdistan |
| Members | Referred to as Yazidis:
c. 200,000–1,000,000 (Encyclopædia Britannica est.[4]) c. 200,000–300,000 (Encyclopædia Iranica, 2004 est.[1]) |
| Other name(s) | Sharfadin |
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Yazidism,[a] also known as Sharfadin,[b] is a monotheistic ethnic religion[c] that originated in Kurdistan[citation needed] and has roots in pre-Zoroastrian Iranian religion, directly derived from the Indo-Iranian tradition.[d] Its followers, called Yazidis, are a Kurdish-speaking community.[e]
Yazidism includes elements of ancient Iranian religions, as well as elements of Judaism, Church of the East, and Islam.[4] Yazidism is based on belief in one God who created the world and entrusted it into the care of seven Holy Beings, known as Angels.[5][9][10] Preeminent among these Angels is Tawûsî Melek (lit. 'Peacock Angel', also spelled as Melek Taûs), who is the leader of the Angels and who has authority over the world.[5][10][11] The religion of the Yazidis is a highly syncretistic one: Sufi influence and imagery can be seen in their religious vocabulary, especially in the terminology of their esoteric literature, but much of the mythology is non-Islamic, and their cosmogonies apparently have many points in common with those of ancient Iranian religions.[1]
- ^ a b c d Allison, Christine (20 September 2016) [20 July 2004]. "YAZIDIS i. GENERAL". Encyclopædia Iranica. New York: Columbia University. doi:10.1163/2330-4804_EIRO_COM_1252. ISSN 2330-4804. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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- ^ a b "Yazīdī". Encyclopædia Britannica. (2024) [1998].
- ^ a b c Asatrian, Garnik S.; Arakelova, Victoria (2014). "Part I: The One God - Malak-Tāwūs: The Leader of the Triad". The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and Their Spirit World. Gnostica. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge. pp. 1–28. doi:10.4324/9781315728896. ISBN 978-1-84465-761-2. OCLC 931029996.
- ^ Rodziewicz, Artur (2018). "The Nation of the Sur: The Yezidi Identity Between Modern and Ancient Myth". In Bocheńska, Joanna (ed.). Rediscovering Kurdistan's Cultures and Identities. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 272. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-93088-6_7. ISBN 978-0-415-07265-6.
- ^ "مهزارگههێ شهرفهدین هێشتا ژ ئالیێ هێزێن پێشمهرگهی ڤه دهێته پاراستن" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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- ^ a b Allison, Christine (25 January 2017). "The Yazidis". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.254. ISBN 9780199340378. Archived from the original on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ Maisel, Sebastian (2016-12-24). Yezidis in Syria: Identity Building among a Double Minority. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739177754.
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