Ezdina Mir Explained

Honorific Prefix:Sheikh
Ezdina Mir
Native Name:Êzdîne Mîr
Native Name Lang:ku
Era:Late Abbasid era
Spouse:
Children:The four Shemsani Sheikhs: Sheikh Shems, Fakhraddin, Nasirdin, and Sejadin

Ezdina Mir or Ezdine Mir ([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.[2] According to Yazidi oral traditions, Sheikh Adi is said to have met Ezdina Mir when he first went to Lalish.[3] [4] He was married twice, first to Sitiya Zin, who was the daughter of Sheikh Adi, he later also married Sitiya Ereb.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Omarkhali, Khanna . Khanna Omarkhali . The Yezidi religious textual tradition, from oral to written: categories, transmission, scripturalisation, and canonisation of the Yezidi oral religious texts . Harrassowitz Verlag . Wiesbaden . 2017 . 978-3-447-10856-0 . 994778968.
  2. Book: Rodziewicz, Artur . Eros and the Pearl: The Yezidi Cosmogonic Myth at the Crossroads of Mystical Traditions. . Peter Lang . 2022 . 9783631880432 . Berlin . 2022 . 595–623.
  3. Book: Kreyenbroek, Philip . Philip G. Kreyenbroek . Yezidism: its background, observances, and textual tradition . E. Mellen Press . Lewiston NY . 1995 . 0-7734-9004-3 . 31377794.
  4. Book: Kreyenbroek, Philip . Philip G. Kreyenbroek . God and Sheikh Adi are perfect: sacred poems and religious narratives from the Yezidi tradition . Harrassowitz Verlag . Wiesbaden . 2005 . 978-3-447-05300-6 . 63127403.
  5. Book: Boyîk, Eskerê . Şêx Fexrê Adiyan : fîlosof û xasê ola Êzdiyati . Celîl . Celîlê . Omarkhali . Xanna . Dengê Êzîdiyan . 2009 . 186, 250, 288.

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