Sheikh Adii Ibn Mustafa
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Shaykh ˤAdī ibn Musāfir al-Umawī (Arabic: عدي بن مسافر الاموي, Kurdish Şêx Adî (/ʃex ɑdi/) (died 1162), a descendant of Umayyad Caliph Marwan ibn al-Hakam, was born in the 1070s in the Beqaa Valley of present-day Lebanon.[1] The Yazidi consider him an avatar of Tawûsê Melek, the "Peacock Angel". His tomb at Lalish, Iraq is a focal point of Yazidi pilgrimage.[2]

Şêx Adî spent much of his early life in Baghdad. To attain a sufi life and seclude himself he sought a quiet haven in Kurdistan, an area strongly associated with indigenous Iranian religious movements such as Zoroastrianism.

Despite his desire for seclusion, he impressed the local population with his asceticism and miracles.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Kreyenbroek, Philip G & Jindy Rashow, Khalil, God and Sheikh Adi are Perfect: Sacred Poems and Religious Narratives from the Yezidi Tradition, vol. 9, Iranica, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag (published 2005), ISBN 3-447-05300-3 
  2. ^ Spät, Eszter (1985), The Yezidis (2 ed.), London: Saqi (published 2005), ISBN 0-86356-593-X 
  3. ^ "Yezidi Reformer: Sheikh Adi". The Truth about the Yezidis. YezidiTruth.org (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-16.
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