Sheikh Obekr
Sheikh Obekr or Obekir (Kurdish: Şêxûbekir[1]) was a 13th-century Yazidi saint. He was one of the nine sons of Sheikh Shems.[2] He is considered to be the founding patriarch of the Qatani lineage of Sheikhs.[3]
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Şêxûbekir | |
| Died | northern Iraq |
| Other names | Obekir |
| Occupation | Religious leader |
| Era | Late Abbasid era and Mongol Empire |
| Known for | Patriarch of the Qatani Sheikhs |
| Relatives | Sheikh Adi |
| Family | Sheikh Adi lineage |
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References
- Omarkhali, Khanna (2017). The Yezidi religious textual tradition, from oral to written: categories, transmission, scripturalisation, and canonisation of the Yezidi oral religious texts. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-10856-0. OCLC 994778968.
- Kreyenbroek, Philip (1995). Yezidism: its background, observances, and textual tradition. Lewiston NY: E. Mellen Press. ISBN 0-7734-9004-3. OCLC 31377794.
- Kreyenbroek, Philip (2005). God and Sheikh Adi are perfect: sacred poems and religious narratives from the Yezidi tradition. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-05300-6. OCLC 63127403.
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