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. 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]

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: Kreyenbroek, Philip . Philip G. Kreyenbroek . Yezidism: its background, observances, and textual tradition . E. Mellen Press . Lewiston NY . 1995 . 0-7734-9004-3 . 31377794.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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