Geli Ali Beg Waterfall Explained

Geli Ali Beg Waterfall (Kurdish: Geliyê Elî Beg,گەلیی عەلی بەگ)^{[1] [2]} is located in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which lies some 130 km north of Erbil.

The waterfall is named after the Yazidi prince, Mîr Elî Beg who was executed by Prince Muhammad of Rawanduz at this valley at the end of 1833 for refusing to convert to Islam.^{[3] [4]}

It featured on the 5-dinar note issued 1978 - 1990.

Notes and References

1. News: بۆ گرنگە برادۆست بناسین و بزانین چۆن کراوەتە دیارى بۆ تورکیا؟ . 19 December 2019 . ANF News . ku.
2. News: Rêya Geliyê Elî Beg bo demekê tê daxistin! . 19 December 2019 . 28 September 2019 . ku.
3. Ali . Majid Hassan . 2019-11-01 . Genocidal Campaigns during the Ottoman Era: The Firmān of Mīr-i-Kura against the Yazidi Religious Minority in 1832–1834 . Genocide Studies International . en . 13 . 1 . 77–91 . 10.3138/gsi.13.1.05 . 2291-1847.
4. Book: Allison, Christine . The Yezidi Oral Tradition in Iraqi Kurdistan . 2001 . Psychology Press . 978-0-7007-1397-4 . 57, 285 . en.