Sheikh Barakat

Sheikh Barakat ( kurmanji Şêx Barakat , Arabic أبي البركات بن سحر DMG Abī ʿl-Barakāt ibn Sahr , born in Bait Fār near Baalbek in Lebanon , died in Lalish in Iraq ) was the second leader of the Adawiyya order as successor to Sheikh Adi . He worked at the end of the 12th century and is considered a holy personality in the Yazidis' faith .

Life

Sheikh Barakat was the son of Sheikh Adi's brother Sheikh Sahr and thus the nephew of Sheikh Adis. He was appointed as his successor by Sheikh Adi on his deathbed. After Sheikh Barakat's death he was buried next to Sheikh Adi in Lalish.

Sheikh Barakat's successor was his son ʿAdī ibn Abī ʿl-Barakāt (the father of Hasan ibn Adi and the grandfather of Sharaf ad-Din ).

Adoration by the Yazidis

Sheikh Barakat spent many years in the Lalisch Valley and the Yazidis worship him for his teachings and sacred deeds. With Sheikh Barakat's position as the successor to his uncle Sheikh Adi, the number of disciples and pilgrims within the Adawiyya order increased steadily, the order flourished in its time.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Irene Dulz: The Yezidi in Iraq: between "model village" and escape . LIT Verlag Münster, 2001, ISBN 978-3-8258-5704-2 , p. 32 ( google.de [accessed on February 8, 2018]).
↑ ^a ^b Eva Gnau: Religious persecution as a reason for flight using the example of the Yezidi . diplom.de, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8428-0572-9 , pp. 12 ( google.de [accessed on February 8, 2018]).
↑ ^a ^b Birgül Açikyildiz: The Yezidis: The History of a Community, Culture and Religion . IBTauris, 2014, ISBN 978-0-85772-061-0 ( google.de [accessed on February 11, 2018]).
↑ Philip G. Kreyenbroek, Khalīl Jindī: God and Sheikh Adi are Perfect: Sacred Poems and Religious Narratives from the Yezidi Tradition . Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005, ISBN 978-3-447-05300-6 ( google.de [accessed on February 8, 2018]).
↑ Guest: Survival Among The Kurds . Routledge, 2012, ISBN 978-1-136-15729-5 ( google.de [accessed February 8, 2018]).

personal data
SURNAME	Barakat, sheikh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Barakat, Sheikh (full name); Barakat, Şêx; Sahr, Abī; ʿL-Barakāt ibn; أبي البركات بن سحر (Arabic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Yazidi religious leader; second leader of the Adawiyya order
DATE OF BIRTH	11th century or 12th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bait Fār, Baalbek , Lebanon
DATE OF DEATH	12th century or 13th century
Place of death	Lalisch , Iraq

[:0-1] Irene Dulz: The Yezidi in Iraq: between "model village" and escape . LIT Verlag Münster, 2001, ISBN 978-3-8258-5704-2 , p. 32 ( google.de [accessed on February 8, 2018]).

[:1-2] Eva Gnau: Religious persecution as a reason for flight using the example of the Yezidi . diplom.de, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8428-0572-9 , pp. 12 ( google.de [accessed on February 8, 2018]).

[:2-3] Birgül Açikyildiz: The Yezidis: The History of a Community, Culture and Religion . IBTauris, 2014, ISBN 978-0-85772-061-0 ( google.de [accessed on February 11, 2018]).

[4] Philip G. Kreyenbroek, Khalīl Jindī: God and Sheikh Adi are Perfect: Sacred Poems and Religious Narratives from the Yezidi Tradition . Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005, ISBN 978-3-447-05300-6 ( google.de [accessed on February 8, 2018]).

[5] Guest: Survival Among The Kurds . Routledge, 2012, ISBN 978-1-136-15729-5 ( google.de [accessed February 8, 2018]).