The manuscripts of both books were published in 1911 and 19 were forgeries written by nonyezidis in response to western travelers and scholars interest in the yazidi religion. Most recently there is michael totten s report, written in february. This specific work covers the black book of the yezidis meshaf resh. A brief history of the yazidis of iraq jstor daily.
They are taught it as children by their fathers, and teach it to their own sons in their turn. They can trace back their religious calendar 6756 years, thus making 2008 ce the yezidi year of 6757. Get ebooks the sacred history of man with other poems on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. Then the great lord, melek taus, said to the angels, i want to create adam and eve and make them give rise to mankind. Yezidi cultural heritage is under threat of annihilation. Thus endeth the book of aljilwah, which is followed by the book of mashaf res, i.
There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. The majority of yazidis live in the northwest of iraq, in areas surrounding shingal7 mountain and shekhan district. Nov 19, 2017 the yezidi are an ancient minority ethnic group with deep roots in the country. History, facts and traditions of iraqs persecuted minority by yasmine hafiz hunted by militants from the islamic state, thousands of people from the yazidi community have fled to the slopes of iraqs mount sinjar, where they are caught between the prospect of death by dehydration and murder at the hands of the group. Mashaf res the black book in the beginning god created the white pearl out of his most precious essence. Oct 25, 20 kiteba cilwe book of revelation mishefa res black book other. Yezidi identity centres on their religion, sharfadin, which has evolved into a highly complex pantheon of one god with many incarnations, the chief of whom is melek taus, the peacock angel. The yazidi holy books are claimed to be the kiteba cilwe book of revelation and the mishefa res black book. Adi himself, and would accordingly date from the twelfth century a. The yezidis also spelled yazidis may not show up on a peoples list, because they are a religious sect. I believe that the accounts of creation differ somewhat between the black book and the book of illumination. Book of revelation, the black book, and an appendix. The black books story of creation is similar in that it involves the first male and first female, named adam and eve in. Meefa res is one of two books written in the style of a holy book of the yazidis in northern kurdish, the other being the yazidi book of revelation kiteba jilwe it is now generally accepted that the manuscripts of the yazidi sacred books, the mas.
Yezidis believe the black book originated when the lord descended black mountain. The origin of the yezidi sect has been the subject of much discussion, but no. This book gives a comprehensive introduction to yezidi society, and examines yezidism not only as a religion but also as a social and historical phenomenon. One yezidi has declared to me that all yezidis are kurds. However, the presence of a textual black book and book of revelation alone may be enough to alter the yazidi religion to become more consistent and coherent across. However, through the study of their traditions and references in nonyezidi texts it is possible to build up something approaching a. The majority of yazidis remaining in the middle east today live in iraq, primarily in the nineveh and dohuk governorates.
Sep 20, 2014 nelida fuccaro, professor of history at the university of london, summarized in a 1999 article in the journal, middle eastern studies. With the arrival of a larger number of european and american travelers in the region in the. After that he created a ship in which he rode thirty thousand years, after which melek taus came and lived among men in the city of lalish. The yezidi believe that after mans creation, god ordered the angels to pray for adam, but that one angel refused there is a similar belief in islam. When adam was made, god told the archangels to bow to him, but melek tawus refused. Adi the principal prayer of the yezidis seven classes of yezidis articles of faith notes on part i part ii. The tale of the yazidis origin found in the black book gives them a distinctive ancestry and expresses their feeling of difference from other races. They shouldnt wear the color blue, said kreyenbroek. In the introduction this before a year a couple of years ago many people had never heard of the yezidi, now people know of them because they were victimized by the radical group, isis.
The yazidis open research exeter university of exeter. The yazidis perceptions of reconciliation and conflict yazidis are one of the oldest ethnic and religious communities indigenous to the middle east. This was a time of superstition where unexplained events were depicted through storytelling and inventions were explained by word of mouth. The book did not treat the political history of the sumerian people or the nature of their social and economic institutions, nor did it give the reader any idea of the manner and method by which the sumerians and their language were discovered and resurrected it is primarily to fill these gaps that the present book was conceived and composed. Sacred books and traditions of the yezidiz, by isya. The religion is rather difficult to study closely, and the translations of texts are not entirely complete, as the yezidi practitioners are understandably cautious about outsiders. Aug, 2014 the yazidis also hold many beliefs that arent found in abrahamic religions. Jul 30, 2010 the yezidi are a kurdishspeaking people that mostly live in northern iraq. The worst incident occurred on august 14, 2007, when four coordinated truck bombs exploded in two yezidi villages, killing at least 500 people and wounding more than 1,500. Jan 01, 2010 which makes this book great because it discusses their origins, history, religious observances, societal structure and material culture. Therefore, the history of the yazidi is an oral history kizilhan, 2014. Written without presupposing any prior knowledge about yezidism, and in an accessible and readable style, her book examines yezidis not only from a religious point of view but as a historical and social phenomenon.
Aug 11, 2014 yezidi yazidi, an unbroken unique gene of middle eastern people extending directly back to ancient presemitic sumerian mardukites, practicing a tradition of modern zoroastrian yazdanism derived from the monoltry monotheism to marduk of babylon observed as melek taus or shaitan shaytan, have been threatened with genocide in iraq by the islamic state isisis. The preeminent deity among the yezidi is melek tawus, the peacock angel. Yezidi yazidi, an unbroken unique gene of middle eastern people extending directly back to ancient presemitic sumerian mardukites, practicing a tradition of modern zoroastrian yazdanism derived from the monoltry monotheism to marduk of babylon observed as melek taus or shaitan shaytan, have been threatened with genocide in iraq by the. The yezidis have two sacred books, the kitab aljilwa, the book of revelation, written by sheikh adi, and the mishefa res, the black book, which is said by scholars to have been written in the 11th12th centuries but, claim the yezidis, has existed since tawsi melek, the peacock angel, first set foot upon earth. The yezidi believe god created melek tawus, who was the first of seven archangels that he made before adam. Therefore england has an extensive heritage of myths and legends that are still talked about in this day and age. Apr 02, 2009 the aljilwah for satanists the aljilwah is a book of mystery and enlightenment, belonging to the kurdish tribe of people known as the yezidi. Their religion was passed on orally by the priests. Yazidis on the mountain of regions with significant populations iraq 650,000, germany armenia 35,272, georgia denmark 500, yazidi book of revelation yazidi black book the yazidis also yazidi, ezidi, yazdani community whose syncretic but ancient religion yazidism a kind of zoroastrianism and ancient mesop.
This book is for all satanists who want to learn about the origin of the aljilwah, and why it is so popular in satanism. Yazidis project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. As a result of the pressure of being forced to convert to islam, the eretreated to the hills and had only limited contact to the other groups. The book of revelation and black book remain, however, the most prominent texts associated with the socalled devil worshipers of mesopotamia. Kitab eljelwa the book of revelation, the most sacred book in the yezidi religion, and the meshef resh kurdish words meaning the black book. Birgul acikyildiz here offers a comprehensive appraisal of yezidi religion, society and culture. Pdf the articles in this volume deal with recent developments concerning the yezidis. Aug 29, 2014 posts about yezidi black book written by nexg3n. The revelation mainly consists of god speaking to the yezidi about who he is and who they are in relation to him. The sacred history of man with other poems ebook download. The yazidi black book is one of two books written in the style of a holy book of the yazidis in.
The origin of the yezidi sect has been the subject. And back in april 2005, jacob appelbaum wrote his own twopart account of the yezidis, with many pictures hes taken. However, through the study of their traditions and references in non yezidi texts it is possible to build up something approaching a. The ones i know of are mostly kurds, but there are yezidis of other ethnicities also, according to various sources. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device. Yezidis international has taking up the task of digitizing the culture, religion, and history. Refer to some of the linked websites at the end of this article. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book search column. The history of a community, culture and religion library of modern. It was the second deadliest terrorist attack in world history after 911. After that he created a ship in which he rode thirty thousand years. Yezidism did not have liturgical or historical writing before 12th. Africa from the seventh to the eleventh centuryunesco general history of africa abridged general history of africa volume 4. However, the black book contains more of the creation and history stories of yezidism.
Oct 16, 2014 an invaluable introduction to yezidi architectural and spiritual history an indispensable reference book. The latter forbids eating of lettuce or butter beans and wearing of dark blue. Some yezidi mythology has been translated into english and other languages. The sacred books comprise kitab aljilwah book of revelation, and maaf res black book so named because in it mention made of the descent of p. The book has a informative introduction detailing the history and of the meshaf resh and some background on the yezidis. Some people say they cant eat fish, a lot of people say. The yazidi holy books are the book of revelation and the black book. The two alleged yazidi holy books translated below are in fact forgeries, produced at an uncertain date by outsiders, incorporating genuine yazidi material but mixed in with outside elements. Mesopotamian news mardukite babylon a brave new world. Sacraments,religiousobservancesnd sacerdotalsystem 178 i. England has a rich celtic history that dates back over 2,000 years. Surrounded by people of the book, yazidis have felt the pressure in the past to have a written scripture, and rumors have abounded for centuries of a yazidi holy text, referred to as cilwe, revelation, or mes. In the history of religion the god of one people is the.
Musafir from the land of syria, and he shall come and dwell in lalesh. The black book meshaf i resh portada yezidis jimdo page. Then follows a story about adam and eve, their temptation and quarrel. Sebastian maisel, assistant professor for arabic and middle east studies, grand valley state university, allendale a remarkable and original interdisciplinary work on yezidi history, religion and material culture. Superstitions around the world asiya magick informational. Before the roles of the sexes were determined, adam and eve quarreled about which of them provided the creative element in the begetting of children. Yezidis known as talkers can recite the entire lost book from memory. The book also has many notes, a extensive bibliography for further study, and a reproduction of the original arabic manuscript witten in the 1800s. So far there are two parts roughly translated the revelation and the black book. Yezidis people armenia travel, history, archeology. In her book, with ash on their faces, cathy otten tells the history of the yezidi and the personal stories of the. Black women in antiquity 2nd ed journal of african civilizations. In relation to some of the other major religions, the yezidi calendar is 4,750 years older than the christian or gregorian calendar, 990 years older than the jewish calender, and it is 5329 years older than the muslim calender. Yezidi mythology creation, floods, and a large black snake.
Also that the universe is infinite and no part knows not his pres ence. Yazidism, an ancient indigenous kurdish faith influenced by zoroastrianism, was revived by adi ibn musafir ca. The assyrian origin of the izedis or yezidisthe socalled. Dec 22, 2017 the yezidi psychologist jan kizilhan told me the ruling didnt go far enough, since it only applied to women who were forced to convert and raped by isis, without allowing yezidis in general to. If the book is in tigris, it is unknown if the original black book is simply a kurdish translation of the english and arabic black books, or if it is a different text entirely. Even though almost three years have passed since the black banners of the terror organisation, calling. Search the history of over 439 billion web pages on the internet. Mashaf res the black book mashaf res the black book appendix to part i the poem in praise of sei. The yezidi faith can be traced to a range of preislamic belief systems, such as sufism, some extreme shiite sects, gnosticism and other traditions. The last one contains the yezidi account of the creation of the world, the origin of man, and the story of adam and eve.