Mira Meyan Khatun or Mayan Khatun (Kurdish: Meyan Xatûn; born. 1874/1873, Ba'adra,[1] Ottoman Empire - died 1957[2][3]/1958,[4] Sinjar, Kingdom of Iraq) — Yazidi princess,[5] a regent[6] of Yezidi Emirate of Sheikhan in 1913-1957.[4]
Life edit
Mayan was a daughter of the well known Yezidi prince Abdi Beg.[2] She was the wife of Mir Ali Beg,[3][5][7] mother of Mir Sa'id Beg[8][7] and a grandmother of Mir Tahsin Beg.[5][8][7] She is said to have been an extraordinary personality and respected as the legal guardian of her son and later also of her grandson Tahsin Beg.[7][9]
In an event known as the Year of the General in the year 1892, the Ottoman general Omar Wehbi Pasha waged a military campaign against the Yazidi[10][11] and she and her husband, Mîr Ali Beg were sent to exile from which they only with difficulties could arrange their return.[9]
Meyan Khatun's grandson, Prince Tahseen Said, held the symbolic position of Prince of the Yezidis until his death in January 2020.[12]
References edit
- ^ Kurdish Informational Portal: Denge Azad Archived 2011-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies Volume 72, Issue 2
- ^ a b Shahrzad Mojab, Women of a non-state nation: the Kurds, pg. 102
- ^ a b Lokman I. Meho, The Kurds and Kurdistan: a selective and annotated bibliography, pg. 235
- ^ a b c Wadie Jwaideh, The Kurdish national movement: its origins and development, pg. 45
- ^ Nelida Fuccaro, The other Kurds: Yazidis in colonial Iraq, pg. 21
- ^ a b c d Edmonds, C. J. (2002-03-21). A Pilgrimage to Lalish. Psychology Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-947593-28-5.
- ^ a b John S. Guest The Yezidis: a study in survival
- ^ a b ÊzîdîPress (2019-01-29). "Der letzte Mîr". ÊzîdîPress (in German). Retrieved 2020-04-25.
- ^ Allison, Christine (2001-09-14). The Yezidi Oral Tradition in Iraqi Kurdistan. Routledge. pp. 87–88. ISBN 978-1-136-74655-0.
- ^ C.J. Edmonds (1967), p.60
- ^ Salloum, Saad (2019-02-17). "Yazidis divided over selection of new leader". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
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