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Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan

Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan

Yazidi saint

Sheikh Sharaf ad-Dīn ibn al-Hasan (Kurdish: شه‌رفه‌دین, romanized: Şerfedîn) was the son and religious heir of al-Hasan ibn ‘Adī and thus head of the ‘Adawiyya order. He died in battle against the Mongols in 1258 and was succeeded by his uncle, Fakhr ad-Dīn ibn ‘Adī.[1] Due to the hostility of the Mongols, his son Zayn ed Din preferred not to become his successor and passed on the duties to Fakhr ad-Dīn ibn ‘Adī, who was married to a Mongol.[2]

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Shrine of Sharaf ad-Din in the Sinjar Mountains near Sinune village

The Sharfadin Temple is considered to be one of the oldest and most important Yazidi holy sites.[3] Sherfedin is particularly revered in the Sinjar region.[4]

The Yazidi Qewlê Şerfedîn ("Hymn of Şerfedîn") identifies Şerfedîn with the Mahdi. In the hymn (qewl), Şerfedîn is currently staying in a cave and will emerge at the end of times.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Kreyenbroek, Philip G; Jindy Rashow, Khalil (2005), God and Sheikh Adi are Perfect: Sacred Poems and Religious Narratives from the Yezidi Tradition, Iranica, vol. 9, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, ISBN 3-447-05300-3
  2. [2]
    Lescot, Roger (1975). Enquête sur les Yézidis de Syrie et du Djebel Sindjâr. Beirut: Librairie du Liban. p. 104.
  3. [3]
    "Êzîden in Shingal feiern Pilgerfest Sherfedin" (in German). Ezidi Press. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  4. [4]
    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.
Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan
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