Studies & Documents
• Yazidis by Christine Allison, in Encyclopædia Iranica
• Qui sont les Yézidis ? by Ines Zebdi, in Les Clés du Moyen-Orient (2020)
• Les Yézidis : entre reconnaissance de l'identité et émigration, entretien avec Shivan Darwesh, in Confluences Méditerranée (2018)
• Les Yézidis du Sud Caucase : une communauté religieuse face à ses incertitudes, by Lucine Japharova, in Religion et politique dans le Caucase post-soviétique (2007)
• Yézidis en diaspora : ethnographie multi-située d'un réseau socio-religieux transnational, by Alexandre Guardiola, dissertation (2017)
• Yézidis de France : ethnographie d'un groupe émergent (2018)
• The Yezidis: an ancient people, tragedy and struggle for survival, by Birgül Açıkyıldız, in Routledge Handbook on Middle Eastern Minorities (2019)
• Les Yézidis sur la scène internationale après les massacres de Sinjār : des larmes pour ambassade, by Estelle Amy de la Bretèque, in Terrain (2020)
• Paroles sur le mort et sacrifice de soi chez les Yézidis d'Arménie : cœurs brûlants (2017)
• Enquête sur les Yézidis de Syrie et du Djebel Sinjār by Roger Lescot (1938)
• Musée d'archéologie nationale : Patrimoine Yézidi en Irak, about the inventory mission realised by the association Mesopotamia (2018)
• Cultural interaction between Anatolia and Mosul in the case of Yezidi architecture by Birgül Açikyildiz, in Publications de l'Institut français d'études anatoliennes (2012)
• Malak-Tawus, the Peacock Angel of the Yezidis by Victoria Arakelova, in Iran and The Caucasus (2003)
• Sacred spaces in the Yezidi religion by Birgül Açıkyıldız, in Sacred Landscapes in Anatolia and neighboring regions (2009)
• Yezidi sacred objects as symbols of power, tools of healing and seals of divine favour: gifts from the sky, by Eszter Spät, in Charms and charming (2019)
• Persecution and the development of Yezidi ritual life, in Kurdish Studies (2016)
• Eschatology of Yezidism by Petr Kubálek, dissertation (2009)
• An eschatological reading of Yezidism: end of islam, end of time, in Archiv orientální (2015)
• Les Yézidis, entre nationalisme kurde et identité réinventée d'une minorité religieuse by Allan Kaval, in Religioscope (2013)
• The cult of the Peacock Angel: a short account of the Yezīdī tribes of Kurdistān, by Ralph Empson & comentary by Richard Temple (1928)
• La découverte récente des deux livres sacrés des Yézīdis by Anastase-Marie de Saint-Élie, in Anthropos (1911)
This is a copy of the manuscript of the Book of Revelation and the Black Book, written in Kurdish, using the "Yezidi" script. However, no trace of this manuscript exists. It appears to be a forgery, created in the early 20th century.
• Die heiligen Bücher der Jeziden oder Teufelsanbeter: (kurdisch und arabisch), by Maximillian Bittner (1913)
• Devil worship, the sacred books and traditions of the Yezidiz, by Isya Joseph (1919) translation from Arabic to English
• Al-Jilwah (The Revelation)
• Mashaf Reš (The Black Book)
• The critical discussion of Yezidism
• Notice sur les Yézidis publiée d'après deux manuscrits syriaques, & translation into French, by Jean-Baptiste Chabot (1896)
Yazidis are non-Muslim Kurds. Their religion, Yesidism, appeared in the 12th century. Some scholars believe it came from a Sufi background, perhaps with some influence from other religions or ancient traditions.
In 2014, the Yezidis have been persecuted by the jihadist organization "Islamic State".
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