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This is a list of Yazidi temples across the world.
Yazidis are an ethnoreligious group who live predominantly in northern Iraq. Their religion is known as Yazidism. [1]
| Name | Location | Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lalish temple | Nineveh Governorate, Iraq |  | 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 |  | 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 |  | Considered one of the holiest of Yazidi temples, located on the highest peak in Sinjar mountains, Iraq [4] |
| Makan Sheikh Adi | Sinjar, Iraq |  | Located near Sardashte Camp on top of Mount Sinjar, where Shekh Adi visited before going to Lalish. |
| Ziarat temple | Aknalich, Armenia |  | 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 |  | 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 |  | Temple in Güven, Midyat, Mardin Province, southeastern Turkey |
| Quba Haji Ali Temple | Ba'adra, Iraq |  | |
| Khiz Rahman Shrine | Baadre, Iraq |  | Shrine of Khiz Rahman in Baadre |
| Sultan Ezid Temple | Tbilisi, Georgia |  | Temple modelled on the Lalish temple, located in Tbilisi, Georgia. The temple was consecrated in 2015. [6] |
| Quba Xatuna Fexra | Mağara (Kiwex), Turkey |  | Quba Xatuna Fexra (Temple of Khatuna Fekhra) in Mağara, İdil, Şırnak Province, southeastern Turkey. Dedicated to Khatuna Fekhra. |
| Quba Pire Ewra | Sinjar, Iraq |  | Quba Pire Ewra ("Pir of the people") Temple in Sinjar, Iraq |
| Şexsê Batê | Babira, Iraq |  | Shrine of Shekhse Bate in Babera village, Iraq |
| Quba Sheikh Mand | Sinjar, Iraq |  | Shrine in the southern part of Sinjar, Iraq. Dedicated to Sheikh Mand. |
| Shrine of Nishingaha Peroz | Ain Sifni, Iraq |  | Ezidi shrine of Nishingaha Peroz near Ain Sifni, Duhok Governorate. [7] |
| Khatarah Temple | Khatarah, Iraq |  | |
| Dughata Temple | Dughata, Iraq |  | |
| Sreshka Temple | Sreshka, Iraq |  | |
| Khoshaba Temple | Khoshaba, Iraq |  | In Khoshaba, Iraq [8] |
| Malak Miran Temple | Bashiqa, Iraq |  | 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 |  | 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 |  | 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 |  | |
| Pire Zirav Temple | Cinerya, Turkey |  | The location of the tomb is near Zewa Mira of Xalta |
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Sinjar is a town in the Sinjar District of the Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. It is located about five kilometers south of the Sinjar Mountains. Its population in 2013 was estimated at 88,023, and is predominantly Yazidi.
Lalish is a mountain valley and temple located in the Nineveh Plains of northern Iraq,. It is the holiest temple of the Yazidis. It is the location of the tomb of the Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, a central figure of the Yazidi faith.
The Qahtaniyah bombings occurred on August 14, 2007, when four coordinated suicide car bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi towns of Til Ezer (al-Qahtaniyah) and Siba Sheikh Khidir (al-Jazirah), in northern Iraq.
Yazidis, also spelled Yezidis, are a Kurdish-speaking endogamous religious group indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran. The majority of Yazidis remaining in the Middle East today live in Iraq, primarily in the governorates of Nineveh and Duhok.
The Sinjar Mountains, are a 100-kilometre-long (62 mi) mountain range that runs east to west, rising above the surrounding alluvial steppe plains in northwestern Iraq to an elevation of 1,463 meters (4,800 ft). The highest segment of these mountains, about 75 km (47 mi) long, lies in the Nineveh Governorate. The western and lower segment of these mountains lies in Syria and is about 25 km (16 mi) long. The city of Sinjar is just south of the range. These mountains are regarded as sacred by the Yazidis.
Bashiqa is a town situated at the heart of the Nineveh plain, between Mosul and Sheikhan, on the edges of Mount Maqlub.
The Sinjar Resistance Units is a Yazidi militia formed in Iraq in 2007 to protect Yazidis in Iraq in the wake of attacks by Sunni Islamist insurgents. It is the second largest Yazidi militia, after the Êzîdxan Protection Force (HPÊ). However, it is much more active than the HPÊ in fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
The Sinjar District or the Shingal District is a district of the Nineveh Governorate. The district seat is the town of Sinjar. The district has two subdistricts, al-Shemal and al-Qayrawan. The district is one of two major population centers for Yazidis, the other being Shekhan District.
The Sinjar massacre marked the beginning of the genocide of Yazidis by ISIL, the killing and abduction of thousands of Yazidi men, women and children. It took place in August 2014 in Sinjar city and Sinjar District in Iraq's Nineveh Governorate and was perpetrated by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The massacre began with ISIL attacking and capturing Sinjar and neighboring towns on 3 August, during its Northern Iraq offensive.
The condition of human rights in the territory controlled by the Islamic State (IS) is considered to be among the worst in the world. The Islamic State's policies included acts of genocide, torture and slavery. The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) stated in November 2014 that the Islamic State "seeks to subjugate civilians under its control and dominate every aspect of their lives through terror, indoctrination, and the provision of services to those who obey". Many Islamic State actions of extreme criminality, terror, recruitment and other activities have been documented in the Middle East.
Yazidism in Syria refers to people born in or residing in Syria who adhere to Yazidism, a strictly endogamous religion. Yazidis in Syria live primarily in two communities, one in the Al-Jazira area and the other in the Kurd-Dagh. Exact population data of Yazidis in Syria is unavailable, but it is estimated that between 10,000-50,000 Yazidis reside in Syria.
The Êzîdxan Women's Units is a Yazidi all-women militia formed in Iraq in 2015 to protect the Yazidi community in the wake of attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and other Islamist groups that view Yazidis as pagan infidels.
The Yazidi genocide was perpetrated by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria between 2014 and 2017. It was characterized by massacres, genocidal rape, and forced conversions to Islam. The Yazidi people, who are non-Arabs, are indigenous to Kurdistan and adhere to Yazidism, which is an Iranian religion derived from the Indo-Iranian tradition. Over a period of three years, Islamic State militants trafficked thousands of Yazidi women and girls and killed thousands of Yazidi men; the United Nations reported that the Islamic State killed about 5,000 Yazidis and trafficked about 10,800 Yazidi women and girls in a "forced conversion campaign" throughout Iraq. By 2015, upwards of 71% of the global Yazidi population was displaced by the genocide, with most Yazidi refugees having fled to Iraq's Kurdistan Region and Syria's Rojava. The persecution of Yazidis, along with other religious minorities, took place after the Islamic State's Northern Iraq offensive of June 2014.
Mahad is a village located in the Shekhan District of the Dohuk Governorate of Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The village is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) southeast of Ain Sifni in the Nineveh Plains. Mahad is populated by Yazidis.
The persecution of Yazidis has been ongoing since at least the 12th century. Yazidis are an endogamous and mostly Kurmanji-speaking minority, indigenous to Kurdistan. The Yazidi religion is regarded as "devil-worship" by Muslims and Islamists. Yazidis have been persecuted by the surrounding Muslims since the medieval ages, most notably by Safavids, Ottomans, neighbouring Muslim Arab and Kurdish tribes and principalities. After the 2014 Sinjar massacre of thousands of Yazidis by ISIL, which started the ethnic, cultural, and religious genocide of the Yazidis in Iraq, Yazidis still face discrimination from the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government.
Sultan Ezid Temple is a Yazidi temple located in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
Mam Rashan Shrine is a Yazidi site built in the 12th century located on Mount Sinjar in Iraq. The shrine is dedicated to Pîr Mehmed Reşan, a Yazidi holy figure associated with agriculture, rain, and the annual harvest.
Pir Mam Rashan or Pir Mehmed Reshan was a 12th-century Yazidi saint. The Mam Rashan Shrine on Mount Sinjar was built in honor of him.
Alphabetical index of articles about the Yazidis, and their history and culture.