Sharya, Iraq

Town in Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Sharya

Town

Sharya

Location in Iraq

Coordinates: 36°47′22″N 42°58′19″E﻿ / ﻿36.78944°N 42.97194°E﻿ / 36.78944; 42.97194
Country|  Iraq
Region|  Kurdistan Region
Governorate| Dohuk Governorate
District| Simele District

Sharya (also written Shariya, Arabic: شاريا, Kurdish: ,شاریا, romanized: Şariya[1][2]) is a Yazidi-inhabited town located in the Simele District of the Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The town is located ca. 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Dohuk.[3]

## Yazidi holy sites

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Around Sharya, the following Yazidi shrines are found:[4]

1. Şêx Enzerût
2. Pîr Afat
3. Evdê Reş
4. Nasirdîn
5. Siltan Êzîd
6. Şêx Şems
7. Şahsiwar
8. Şêxûbekir
9. Kerecal
10. Şêx Hesen
11. Pîr Bûb

## References

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1. ^ "Çalakiya Rêxistina Bohara Hêvîyan Jibo Keçên Êzidî li Şariya" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
2. ^ "باخچەیەك دێ‌ ل شاریا ئێتە دروستكرن". p. ku. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
3. ^ Saadi Azuo, Heerish (June 2016). "Graduate school of social sciences general psychology master's programme: Post-traumatic stress disorder among Ezidian women who escaped from ISIS capture" (PDF). Near East University. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
4. ^ Maisel, Sebastian (Spring 2021). "Rebuilding the unimagined past: Êzidî religious architecture and the reconfiguration of sacred space". Lalish. 45: 3–31.