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Tawisa Tewrêzê: the city of Tabriz, located in today's Iran (Yazidis lived in the western hinterland in the Khoy region). Tawisa Misqofa : Renamed from Tawisa Serhedê after the exodus of the Yazidis from Serhed to the Russian Empire. Serhed is a region covering the cities of Kars, Ardahan, Erzurum, Ağri, Van, Bitlis and Muş. [81]
The following is a list of Yazidi settlements in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Armenia, including both current and historical Yazidi settlements. Historically, Yazidis lived primarily in Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. [ 1 ]
Location Image Notes Lalish temple: Nineveh Governorate, Iraq: The location of the tomb of the Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, a central figure of the Yazidi faith and considered the holiest of Yazidi temples. [2] Sharfadin temple: Sinjar, Iraq: 800 year old temple considered by Yazidis as one of the holiest places on earth. [3] Dedicated to Sherfedin.
The satellite channel of Lalish TV broadcast in Kurdish from Moscow and is bankrolled by the Yazidi businessman Mirza Sloyan. [5] It was launched in April 2016 and is located in the shopping mall Shengal , which takes its name from a place Yazidi live in Iraq.
Some groups of Caucasian Kurds were deported to Central Asia in 1937, ... The latest Armenian census from 2022 [3] recorded 31,079 Yazidis and 1,663 non-Yazidi Kurds.
On the other hand, the population statistics regarding Yazidi numbers in Iraq were at the time inconsistent. Between 1920-1947, population estimates of Yazidis ranged from 26,000-30,000, despite this, there was no Yazidi representation in the Iraqi parliament from the founding of Iraqi Monarchy until 1947. But the government cabinets during the ...
Many Yazidi villages were attacked by the Hamidiye cavalry and the residents were killed. The Yazidi villages of Bashiqa and Bahzani were also raided and many Yazidi temples were destroyed. The Yazidi Mir Ali Beg was captured and held in Kastamonu. The central shrine of the Yazidis Lalish was converted into a Quran school.
Yazidi populated places in Iraq (3 C, 37 P) Y. Yazidi communities in Turkey (1 C, 37 P) This page was last edited on 1 August 2020, at 03:57 (UTC). Text is ...