Ezdina Mir

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.[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]

References

  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. ^ Rodziewicz, Artur (2022). Eros and the Pearl: The Yezidi Cosmogonic Myth at the Crossroads of Mystical Traditions. Berlin: Peter Lang. pp. 595–623. ISBN 9783631880432.
  3. ^ Kreyenbroek, Philip (1995). Yezidism: its background, observances, and textual tradition. Lewiston NY: E. Mellen Press. ISBN 0-7734-9004-3. OCLC 31377794.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Boyîk, Eskerê; Celîl, Celîlê; Omarkhali, Xanna (2009). Şêx Fexrê Adiyan : fîlosof û xasê ola Êzdiyati. Dengê Êzîdiyan. pp. 186, 250, 288.