Gathering of the spiritual

The Gathering of the spiritual or the Council of Wise Men (also called Civata Ruhanî or Meclisa Ruhanî) is a council made up of Yazidi dignitaries that deals with the religious and secular affairs of the Yazidis.[1][2][3][4]

Members

The Yazidi Council consists of 10 permanent members:

  • The Mir (Prince of Sheikhan), current Mir is Hazim Tahsin Said Beg
  • The Baba Sheikh, current Baba Sheikh is Sheikh Ali Ilyas
  • The Sheikh Wezir
  • The Peshimam of the Principality
  • The Peshimam of Baba Sheikh
  • The Naqib
  • The Baba Gavan (Guardian of the Sanctuaries)
  • The leader of the Qewals
  • The Baba Çawish
  • The gatekeeper guarding the entrance to Sheikh Adi's physical resting place

Meetings

The meetings are traditionally held in Lalish. All Yazidi leading clerics from Sheikhan, some Yazidi tribal leaders and some Yazidi village elders also occasionally attend the meetings.[5]

References
  1. Graichen, Antonia (2014-08-13). Teufelsanbeter oder Edelmenschen?: Das Bild der Eziden in Karl Mays Orientzyklus (in German). Tectum Wissenschaftsverlag. pp. 54, 55. ISBN 978-3-8288-6085-8.
  2. Savucu, Halil (2016-10-10). Yeziden in Deutschland: Eine Religionsgemeinschaft zwischen Tradition, Integration und Assimilation (in German). Tectum Wissenschaftsverlag. p. 401. ISBN 978-3-8288-6546-4.
  3. Affolderbach, Martin; Geisler, Ralf (2007). "Die Yeziden" (PDF). ezw-berlin.de. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-01-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Zum Tod von Baba Sheikh, dem geistigen Oberhaupt der Eziden | NAVEND – Zentrum für Kurdische Studien e.V." www.navend.de. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  5. Maisel, Sebastian (2016-12-24). Yezidis in Syria: Identity Building among a Double Minority. Lexington Books. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7391-7775-4.
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