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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 Antecedents -- Chapter 2 Sheikh Adi and His Order -- Chapter 3 The Yezidi Religion -- Chapter 4 Early Encounters with the Outside World -- Chapter 5 Prisoners on a Sinking Ship -- Chapter 6 English-speaking Missionaries and Explorers -- Chapter 7 Rassam and Layard -- Chapter 8 The Tribulations of Mir Hussein Beg -- Chapter 9 Abdul Hamid and the Yezidis -- Chapter 10 The Publication of the Sacred Books -- Chapter 11 Brother and Sister -- Chapter 12 The Epoch of Mayan Khatun -- Chapter 13 The Yezidis in Transcaucasia -- Epilogue -- Appendix I The Yezidi Sacred Books and Sheikh Adi's Hymn -- Appendix II Texts of the Yezidi Letters to the Grand Vizier and Sir Stratford Canning -- Abbreviations -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Chol Family Genealogy -- Index.

An intellectual profile of Khuder Salman, a Yezidi from northern Iraq, who is committed to correct the many misconceptions of his sect, as they exist in particular in Western countries. (DÜI-Asd)

For the last decades, the Yezidi identity whose main marker was for centuries based on a unique religion, the Sharfadin, has undergone specific transformations. One of the most stable trends playing a crucial role in the mentioned process, is the spread of Orthodox Christianity, particularly among the Yezidis of Georgia and Russia. This phenomenon is especially interesting regarding the fact that, unlike neo-Protestant missions, Orthodox Church has never been active in proselytism particularly among the Yezidis; no Orthodox mission has ever focused its activities on this group. Yet, the number of the Yezidis converting to the Orthodox Christianity gradually grows. The paper is an interim result of a project on the modern transformations of the Yezidi identity. Compiled on the materials collected by the author through interviews and questionnaires among the converted Yezidis of Georgia and Russia, it focuses on several particular cases reflecting the shaping of a principally new identity, when Christian mentality replaces the Yezidi eclectic religious outlook.

This book highlights the complicated diversity of Syria's ethnic and religious fragmentation on the basis of the identity building process among the Yezidis, the lowest in the country's socio-economic and political hierarchy

AbstractThe Yezidi community in Armenia has been formed during last two-three centuries as a consequence of several waves of migration. Due to the esoteric character of the community, the Yezidis have been reproductively isolated from neighbouring populations for centuries, which has left significant traces in their genetic structure. Our results based on the analysis of patrilineal genetic lineages demonstrate that the long-term isolation of the Yezidis has resulted in notable reduction of male sex chromosome variability compared to other populations and significant difference from the Kurds living in Iraq. However, the analysis of specific lineages provides evidence on similar genetic traits between the Armenian Yezidis and the Iraqi Kurds.