Mayan was a daughter of the well known Yezidi prince Abdi Beg.[2] She was the wife of Mir Ali Beg,[3][5][7] mother of Mir Sa'id Beg[8][7] and a grandmother of Mir Tahsin Beg.[5][8][7] She is said to have been an extraordinary personality and respected as the legal guardian of her son and later also of her grandson Tahsin Beg.[7][9]
In an event known as the Year of the General in the year 1892, the Ottoman general Omar Wehbi Pasha waged a military campaign against the Yazidi[10][11] and she and her husband, Mîr Ali Beg were sent to exile from which they only with difficulties could arrange their return.[9]
Meyan Khatun's grandson, Prince Tahseen Said, held the symbolic position of Prince of the Yezidis until his death in January 2020.[12]
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