List of Yazidi holy places
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This is a list of Yazidi temples across the world.
Background
Yazidis are an ethnoreligious group who live predominantly in northern Iraq. Their religion is known as Yazidism.[1]
List
| Name | Location | Image | Notes |
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| Lalish temple | Nineveh Governorate, Iraq | File:Lalish the whole view.jpg | 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 | File:Sharfadin temple.jpg | 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 | File:YezidiTemple.JPG | Considered one of the holiest of Yazidi temples, located on the highest peak in Sinjar mountains, Iraq[4] |
| Makan Sheikh Adi | Sinjar, Iraq | File:Views of the "Makan Shekh Adi" near Sardashte Camp atop Shingal mountain, where Shekh Adi visited before going to Lalish 01.jpg | Located near Sardashte Camp on top of Mount Sinjar, where Shekh Adi visited before going to Lalish. |
| Ziarat temple | Aknalich, Armenia | File:Aknalitch, Yezids temple Ziarat - panoramio.jpg | Ziarat or Ziyarat temple is the first Yazidi temple in Armenia. It literally means "Pilgrimage Temple." The temple was consecrated in 2012.[5] |
| Quba Mêrê Dîwanê temple | Aknalich, Armenia | File:Jezida templo en aknaliĉo.jpg | The world's largest Yazidi temple dedicated to the angel Melek Taus and the Seven Angels of Yazidi theology. The temple was consecrated in 2019.[5] |
| Bacin Temple | Güven (Bacin), Turkey | File:Bacin Ezidi Temple.jpeg | Temple in Güven, Midyat, Mardin Province, southeastern Turkey |
| Quba Haji Ali Temple | Ba'adra, Iraq | File:Yezidi village of Baadre near Shekhan and Duhok, near the Shrine of Haji Ali 13.jpg | |
| Khiz Rahman Shrine | Baadre, Iraq | File:Yezidi Shrine of Khiz Rahman in Baadre, Iraqi Kurdistan 06.jpg | Shrine of Khiz Rahman in Baadre |
| Sultan Ezid Temple | Tbilisi, Georgia | File:Qub Siltan Ezid.jpg | Temple modelled on the Lalish temple, located in Tbilisi, Georgia. The temple was consecrated in 2015.[6] |
| Quba Xatuna Fexra | Mağara (Kiwex), Turkey | File:Kiwex Ezidi Temple.jpeg | Quba Xatuna Fexra (Temple of Khatuna Fekhra) in Mağara, İdil, Şırnak Province, southeastern Turkey. Dedicated to Khatuna Fekhra. |
| Quba Pire Ewra | Sinjar, Iraq | File:Pire Ewra.jpeg | Quba Pire Ewra ("Pir of the people") Temple in Sinjar, Iraq |
| Şexsê Batê | Babira, Iraq | File:Shrine of Shekhse Bate in Babera village 32.jpg | Shrine of Shekhse Bate in Babera village, Iraq |
| Quba Sheikh Mand | Sinjar, Iraq | File:Shegh mand shrine.jpg | Shrine in the southern part of Sinjar, Iraq. Dedicated to Sheikh Mand. |
| Shrine of Nishingaha Peroz | Ain Sifni, Iraq | File:Views around the Ezidi shrine of Nishingaha Peroz (مزار نیشنگهها پیروز) near Shekhan 32.jpg | Ezidi shrine of Nishingaha Peroz near Ain Sifni, Duhok Governorate.[7] |
| Khatarah Temple | Khatarah, Iraq | File:Khatare Ezidi Temple.jpeg | |
| Dughata Temple | Dughata, Iraq | File:Dughat Ezidi Temple.jpeg | |
| Sreshka Temple | Sreshka, Iraq | File:Sreshka Ezidi Temple.jpeg | |
| Khoshaba Temple | Khoshaba, Iraq | File:Khoshaba Ezidi Temple.jpeg | In Khoshaba, Iraq[8] |
| Malak Miran Temple | Bashiqa, Iraq | File:Yazidis in Bashiqa.jpg | Dedicated to the angel Malak Miran, the temple is located about 9 miles east of Mosul, the temple was restored and reopened on 12 January 2018 after being destroyed by ISIL terrorists in 2014.[9][10] |
| Shrine of Mohamed Rashan | Bardarash, Iraq | File:Views of the Ezidi shrine of Mohamed Rashan, adjacent to Maqlub Mountain near Bardarash 27.jpg | Shrine part of Yazidi temple complex on a mountainside facing the Erbil-Duhok road.[11] Dedicated to Mehmed Reshan. |
| Mam Rashan Shrine | Mount Sinjar, Iraq | File:Views around the Yezidi shrine of Mame Reshan after its destruction by the Islamic State, in the Shingal mountains overlooking Shingal 02.jpg | Temple dedicated to Mam Rashan, a saint associated with agriculture, rain, and the annual harvest.[12] The temple is estimated to date back to the 12th century.[13] Dedicated to Mehmed Reshan. |
| Shebl Qasim Shrine | Sinjar, Iraq | File:Views in June of 2019 around the Ezidi shrine of Shebl Qasim atop Shingal mountain 47.jpg | |
| Pire Zirav Temple | Cinerya, Turkey | Yazidi temple in a cemetery in Cinerya | The location of the tomb is near Zewa Mira of Xalta |
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See also
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References
- ↑ "Five years on, Yazidis remember brutal Islamic State onslaught". Al Araby. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ Soguel, Dominique (12 August 2014). "World Middle East A sanctuary for Iraqi Yazidis – and a plea for Obama's intervention". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ↑ "Outmanned And Outgunned, Fighters Defend Yazidi Shrine Against ISIS". NPR. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ↑ Elizabeth Schmermund (2017). ISIS and the Yazidi Genocide in Iraq. Rosen Publishing Group. p. 19. ISBN 9781508177319.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "World's Largest Yezidi Temple Opens in Armenia". Massis Post. 30 September 2019.
- ↑ Shamoian, Teimuraz (18 June 2015). "Yezidis of Georgia celebrate new temple in Tbilisi". Rudaw.
- ↑ "Report: Destroying the soul of the Yazidis" (PDF). Rashid International. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ↑ "After ISIS Genocide, Yazidis Need More Than Remembrance". United States Institute of Peace. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ↑ Chmaytelli, Maher (9 August 2017). "Long wait for captive Yazidis' return spent rebuilding shrine in Iraq's Bashiqa". Reuters.
- ↑ "Iraqi Yazidis celebrate restoration of temple destroyed by IS". Al Araby. 13 January 2018.
- ↑ Clancy, Levi (7 December 2018). "Roadside history: A cultural education along the Erbil-Duhok Highway". Kurdistan24.
- ↑ "Mam Rashan Shrine". World Monuments Fund. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ "Reconstruction of the Yazidi Mam Rashan shrine". International Alliance for the protection in heritage in conflict areas. Retrieved 22 December 2020.