Mausoleum of Sharaf ad-Din
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 26 ' N , 41 ° 52' E | ||
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| Governorate | Ninawa | ||
| District | Sinjar | ||
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The mausoleum of Sharaf al-Din (also Şerfedîn ) is a place and a place of pilgrimage of the Yazidis in the district Sinjar in Iraq . The place gained international fame through attacks by the terrorist organization IS . As part of one of the offensives in 2014, the battle for Sherfedîn occurred , in which the Yezidi vigilante group Hêza Parastina Şingal defended the Sinjar Mountains and the saint tomb of Sharaf ad-Din.
history
The mausoleum was built in 1274 in honor of the Yazidi saint Sharaf ad-Din. Sheikh Sharaf ad-Din was a Yazidi chief and governor of the ancient city of Harput . Allied with the Seljuk Prince Izz ad-Din against the Mongols , he was general of an armed force consisting of Yazidis, Kurds and Turkmens . In 1257 he fell in a battle against the Mongols.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hasnain Kazim: German Yazidis Fighter in Northern Iraq: "The world just has to help us". Spiegel Online , October 31, 2014, accessed November 2, 2014 .
- ↑ Birgül Açıkyıldız: The Yezidis: The History of a Community, Culture and Religion , London, 2014, p. 43; P. 173.
- ↑ Açıkyıldız (2014): p. 43; John S. Guest: Survival Among the Kurds: A History of the Yezidis , London, 1993, p. 22.