Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir
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Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir was a 12th-century mystic, ascetic and theologian who is the central saint in the Yazidi religion, considered as the reformer, renewer or founder of Yazidism. His tomb at Lalish
The sarcophagus of Sheikh Adi
Shrine of Sheikh 'Adi in the Valley of Lalish.
Gate of Sheikh Adi's shrine in Lalish
Yazidis
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Yazidis, also spelled Yezidis, are a Kurdish-speaking endogamous religious group indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in West Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran, with
Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir
…describe him as a Sufi mystic of Islamic background who gathered followers known as the Adawiyya. Some scholars dispute this Islamic framing, and Yazidis themselves reject any claim of an Islamic background. The name Adawiyya ("Sheikh Adi's people"), which is also used to refer to the Yazidi religion…
Yazidis celebrating Yazidi New Year at Lalish in 2018, in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
Yazidi chief in Bashiqa, Iraq; picture by Albert Kahn (1910s)
Yazidi temple in Bashiqa, 2020
Yazidi women in traditional dress