List of Yazidi holy places

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Part of a series on the Yazidi religion

Yazidism

Main topics

* Yazidis
* Yazidi social organization

The Heptad

* Tawûsî Melek
* Fexredîn
* Sheikh Shems
* Sicadîn
* Melik Şêxsin
* Sheikh Obekr
* Nasirdîn

List of Yazidi holy figures

* Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir
* Sultan Ezid
* Amadin
* Ezdina Mir
* Khatuna Fekhra
* Sheikh Mand
* Mehmed Reshan
* Musa Sor
* Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan
* Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir
* Pir Ali
* Rabia of Basra
* Shehid ibn Jerr

Holy places

* Lalish
* Sinjar Mountains
* Silat Bridge
* Mam Rashan Shrine
* Quba Mêrê Dîwanê
* Sharfadin Temple
* Sultan Ezid Temple

Festivals

* Batizmi
* Feast of Ezid
* Feast of the Assembly
* Tawûsgeran
* Tiwaf
* Yazidi New Year

Literature

* Yazidi Black Book
* Yazidi Book of Revelation

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This is a list of Yazidi temples across the world.

## Background

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Yazidis are an ethnoreligious group who live predominantly in northern Iraq. Their religion is known as Yazidism.[1]

## List

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Name | Location | Image | Notes

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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.
Chel Mera (Chermera) or "40 Men" Temple | Mount Sinjar, Iraq |  | Considered one of the holiest of Yazidi temples, located on the highest peak in Sinjar mountains, Iraq[4]
Makan Sheikh Adi  | Sinjar, Iraq  |  | Located near Sardashte Camp on top of Mount Sinjar, where Shekh Adi visited before going to Lalish.
Ziarat temple | Aknalich, Armenia |  | Ziarat or Ziyarat temple is the first Yazidi temple in Armenia. It literally means "Pilgrimage Temple." The temple was consecrated in 2012.[5]
Quba Mêrê Dîwanê temple | Aknalich, Armenia |  | The world's largest Yazidi temple dedicated to the angel Melek Taus and the Seven Angels of Yazidi theology. The temple was consecrated in 2019.[5]
Bacin Temple  | Güven (Bacin), Turkey |  | Temple in Güven, Midyat, Mardin Province, southeastern Turkey
Quba Haji Ali Temple | Ba'adra, Iraq |  |
Khiz Rahman Shrine  | Baadre, Iraq  |  | Shrine of Khiz Rahman in Baadre
Sultan Ezid Temple | Tbilisi, Georgia |  | Temple modelled on the Lalish temple, located in Tbilisi, Georgia. The temple was consecrated in 2015.[6]
Quba Xatuna Fexra  | Mağara (Kiwex), Turkey  |  | Quba Xatuna Fexra (Temple of Khatuna Fekhra) in Mağara, İdil, Şırnak Province, southeastern Turkey. Dedicated to Khatuna Fekhra.
Quba Pire Ewra  | Sinjar, Iraq  |  | Quba Pire Ewra ("Pir of the people") Temple in Sinjar, Iraq
Şexsê Batê  | Babira, Iraq  |  | Shrine of Shekhse Bate in Babera village, Iraq
Quba Sheikh Mand  | Sinjar, Iraq  |  | Shrine in the southern part of Sinjar, Iraq. Dedicated to Sheikh Mand.
Shrine of Nishingaha Peroz | Ain Sifni, Iraq |  | Ezidi shrine of Nishingaha Peroz near Ain Sifni, Duhok Governorate.[7]
Khatarah Temple  | Khatarah, Iraq  |  |
Dughata Temple  | Dughata, Iraq  |  |
Sreshka Temple  | Sreshka, Iraq  |  |
Khoshaba Temple  | Khoshaba, Iraq  |  | In Khoshaba, Iraq[8]
Malak Miran Temple | Bashiqa, Iraq |  | Dedicated to the angel Malak Miran, the temple is located about 9 miles east of Mosul, the temple was restored and reopened on 12 January 2018 after being destroyed by ISIL terrorists in 2014.[9][10]
Shrine of Mohamed Rashan | Bardarash, Iraq |  | Shrine part of Yazidi temple complex on a mountainside facing the Erbil-Duhok road.[11] Dedicated to Mehmed Reshan.
Mam Rashan Shrine | Mount Sinjar, Iraq |  | Temple dedicated to Mam Rashan, a saint associated with agriculture, rain, and the annual harvest.[12] The temple is estimated to date back to the 12th century.[13] Dedicated to Mehmed Reshan.
Shebl Qasim Shrine  | Sinjar, Iraq  |  |
Pire Zirav Temple  | Cinerya, Turkey |  | The location of the tomb is near Zewa Mira of Xalta

## See also

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Media related to Yazidi shrines in Iraq at Wikimedia Commons

* List of Yazidi holy figures
* List of Yazidi settlements

## References

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1. ^ "Five years on, Yazidis remember brutal Islamic State onslaught". Al Araby. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
2. ^ Soguel, Dominique (12 August 2014). "World Middle East A sanctuary for Iraqi Yazidis – and a plea for Obama's intervention". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. ^ "Outmanned And Outgunned, Fighters Defend Yazidi Shrine Against ISIS". NPR. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
4. ^ Elizabeth Schmermund (2017). ISIS and the Yazidi Genocide in Iraq. Rosen Publishing Group. p. 19\. ISBN 9781508177319.
5. ^ a b "World's Largest Yezidi Temple Opens in Armenia". Massis Post. 30 September 2019.
6. ^ Shamoian, Teimuraz (18 June 2015). "Yezidis of Georgia celebrate new temple in Tbilisi". Rudaw.
7. ^ "Report: Destroying the soul of the Yazidis" (PDF). Rashid International. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
8. ^ "After ISIS Genocide, Yazidis Need More Than Remembrance". United States Institute of Peace. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
9. ^ Chmaytelli, Maher (9 August 2017). "Long wait for captive Yazidis' return spent rebuilding shrine in Iraq's Bashiqa". Reuters.
10. ^ "Iraqi Yazidis celebrate restoration of temple destroyed by IS". Al Araby. 13 January 2018.
11. ^ Clancy, Levi (7 December 2018). "Roadside history: A cultural education along the Erbil-Duhok Highway". Kurdistan24.
12. ^ "Mam Rashan Shrine". World Monuments Fund. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
13. ^ "Reconstruction of the Yazidi Mam Rashan shrine". International Alliance for the protection in heritage in conflict areas. Retrieved 22 December 2020.

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Yazidis

Overviews|

* Yazidism
* Yazidis in Armenia
* Yazidism in Georgia
* Yazidis in Germany
* Yazidism in Iraq
* Yazidism in Russia
* Yazidis in Syria
* Yazidism in Turkey

History, culture and religion|

* Deq (tattoo)
* Endogamy
* Feast of Ezid
* Feast of the Assembly
* Tawûsgeran
* Tiwaf
* Yazidi Black Book
* Yazidi Book of Revelation
* Yazidi literature
* Yazidi New Year
* Yazidi social organization

Geography and places|

* List of Yazidi populated places in Armenia
* List of Yazid populated places in Iraq
* Aknalich
* Duhok
* Lalish
* List of Yazidi holy places
* Lusakn
* Mam Rashan Shrine
* Nineveh (Nineveh Plains, Nineveh Governorate)
* Qibar
* Quba Mêrê Dîwanê
* Sharfadin Temple
* Silat Bridge
* Sinjar Mountains
* Sultan Ezid Temple
* Tutak, Turkey

Entities|

* It's On U
* List of Yazidi organizations
* Yazda
* Yazidi Academy
* Yazidi House
* Yazidi House
* Yazidi Movement for Reform and Progress
* Yezidi National Union ULE

Milita and Paramilitary|

* Asayish
* Êzîdxan Protection Force
* Êzîdxan Women's Units
* Sinjar Alliance
* Sinjar Resistance Units

People and religious figures|

* List of Iraqi Yazidis
* Amadin
* Ezdina Mir
* Fexredîn
* Khatuna Fekhra
* Mahmoud Ezidi
* Mela Huseynê Bateyî
* Musa Sor
* Nasirdîn
* Pir Ali (Yazidi saint)
* Pir Mehmed Reshan
* Rabia of Basra
* Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan
* Shehid ibn Jerr
* Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir
* Sheikh Hasan ibn Sheikh Adi II
* Sheikh Mand
* Sheikh Obekr
* Sheikh Shems
* Sicadîn
* Tawûsî Melek

Persecution, violence, and genocide|

* April 2007 Yazidi massacre
* Qahtaniyah bombings
* 2011 Duhok riots
* December 2014 Sinjar offensive
* Yazidi genocide
* Human rights in Islamic State-controlled territory
* İsmail Özden
* It's On U
* November 2015 Sinjar offensive
* Sinjar massacre
* Slavery in 21st-century jihadism
* The Last Girl (memoir)

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