| Author |
Açikyildiz, Birgül
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| Title |
The Yezidis : the history of a community, culture and religion / Birgül Açikyildiz |
| Imprint |
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2010 |
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New York : Distributed in the United States and in Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan |
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| Permalink |
http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=b3096521~S9
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| Table of Contents |
| | List of Illustrations | |
| | Acknowledgements | |
| | List of Abbreviations | |
| | Introduction | 1 |
| | Meeting the Yezidis | 5 |
| | Geographical Location and Distribution | 33 |
| 1 | Origins, History and Development | 35 |
| | Yezidis in Mesopotamia and Anatolia | 37 |
| | Yezidis in Syria | 63 |
| | Yezidis in Transcaucasia | 66 |
| 2 | Religious Belief System | 71 |
| | God, Angels and the Trinity | 71 |
| | God (Xwede) | 71 |
| | Angels | 72 |
| | The Peacock Angel (Tawusi Melek) | 73 |
| | Sultan Ezi | 81 |
| | Sheikh Àdi | 82 |
| | Yezidi Mythology | 86 |
| | The Creation of the Cosmos and the Universe | 86 |
| | The Creation of Human Beings | 87 |
| | The Flood | 88 |
| | Holy Books | 88 |
| | Religious Hierarchy | 91 |
| 3 | Religious Practices, Observances and Rituals | 99 |
| | Haircut, Baptism, Circumcision, Brother of the Hereafter, Marriage, Death | 99 |
| | Prayer | 103 |
| | Fasting | 104 |
| | Pilgrimage | 104 |
| | Festivals and Ceremonies | 108 |
| | Taboos | 112 |
| 4 | Material Culture | 115 |
| | Homeland, Landscape, Sacred Places | 115 |
| | Places of Worship | 130 |
| | The Sanctuary | 131 |
| | Mausoleums | 146 |
| | Shrines | 175 |
| | The Baptistery | 177 |
| | Caves | 180 |
| | Tombstones | 182 |
| 5 | Conclusion | 197 |
| | Appendices | 205 |
| Appendix I | Yezidi Saints | 205 |
| Appendix II | Genealogy of the Umayyads and Sheikh Àdi's Family | 211 |
| Appendix III | Genealogy of the Early Shamsani Family | 212 |
| Appendix IV | Yezidi Mausoleums in Northern Iraq | 213 |
| Appendix V | Typology of Mausoleums in Northern Iraq | 216 |
| Appendix VI | Typology of Mausoleums in the Republic of Armenia | 217 |
| | Glossary | 219 |
| | Notes | 225 |
| | Interviews | 249 |
| | Bibliography | 251 |
| | Index | 269 |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| OCLC # |
489374338 |
| Phys. Description |
xvi, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
| SERIES |
Library of modern religion ; 17 |
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Library of modern religion ; 17
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| ISBN |
9781848852747 (hbk.) |
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1848852746 (hbk.) |
| Subjects |
Yezidis
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Yezidis -- History
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