1st Edition

The Yezidi Oral Tradition in Iraqi Kurdistan

By Christine Allison Copyright 2002
332 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

313 Pages
by Routledge

The Yezidis are a Kurdish-speaking religious minority, neither Muslim, Christian nor Jewish. Their ethnicity has been disputed, but most now claim Kurdish identity. Their heartland, including their holiest shrine, is in the Badinan province of Northern Iraq, and it is the communities in this area which are the main focus of this book. Their highly eclectic religion appears to contain many... Read more
Preface, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Map 1: Areas inhabited by Kurds, Map 2: Yezidi COn111lUnities in Northern Iraq: Badinan and Sinjar, Part I, Part II: Kurdish Texts and Translations, Notes to Chapters 1-6, Appendix: Inforl1zants and Performers, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Christine Allison