Ezdina Mir

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Sheikh
Ezdina Mir
Êzdîne Mîr
EraLate Abbasid era
Spouses
ChildrenThe four Shemsani Sheikhs: Sheikh Shems, Fakhraddin, Nasirdin, and Sejadin

Ezdina Mir or Ezdine Mir (Kurdish: Êzdîne Mîr[1]) is a Yazidi holy figure who was the father of Sheikh Shems, Fexredîn, Nasirdin, and Sejadin, making him the ancestor of all Şemsanî Sheikhs. According to Yazidi oral traditions, Sheikh Adi is said to have met Ezdina Mir when he first went to Lalish.[2][3] He was married twice, first to Sitiya Zin, who was the daughter of Sheikh Adi, he later also married Sitiya Ereb.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Omarkhali, Khanna (2017). The Yezidi religious textual tradition, from oral to written: categories, transmission, scripturalisation, and canonisation of the Yezidi oral religious texts. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-10856-0. OCLC 994778968.
  2. ^ Kreyenbroek, Philip (1995). Yezidism: its background, observances, and textual tradition. Lewiston NY: E. Mellen Press. ISBN 0-7734-9004-3. OCLC 31377794.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Boyîk, Eskerê; Celîl, Celîlê; Omarkhali, Xanna (2009). Şêx Fexrê Adiyan : fîlosof û xasê ola Êzdiyati. Dengê Êzîdiyan. pp. 186, 250, 288.