Chronological account of Yazidi peoples from origins to present
Yazidis.info compiles scholarly estimates of Yazidi demography from Ottoman tax registers to 21st‑century censuses. The article traces fluctuations caused by migration, conflict, and state policies, presenting a timeline and data table for comparative analysis.
Bedirxan, a prominent Kurdish noble family, orchestrated the 19th‑century massacres of Yazidis in the Sinjar and Sheikhan districts, killing thousands and reshaping Yazidi communal memory. The events are documented in Ottoman archival records, British consular reports, and Yazidi oral tradition, and remain a focal point of scholarly debate.
Yazidis and the Sayfo examines the experience of the Yazidi community during the Ottoman Empire’s collapse and the 1915‑1918 genocide, known as the Sayfo. The article outlines demographic impacts, regional variations, and scholarly debates, drawing on primary Ottoman records and modern research.
The 1892 Ferîq Pasha campaign was an Ottoman‑led military operation aimed at subjugating Yazidi communities in the Hakkâri and Mosul regions. Led by the Kurdish governor Ferîq Pasha, the expedition resulted in widespread displacement, forced conversions, and the destruction of Yazidi shrines.
The Adawiyya Order is a medieval Kurdish religious brotherhood that played a pivotal role in shaping Yazidism’s doctrinal core and communal identity. Its syncretic teachings and institutional structures laid the foundations for the Yazidi faith as known today.
Western travellers of the 19th and early 20th centuries projected exotic and occultist narratives onto the Yazidi community, creating what scholars term the “Yazidi mystery”. This article examines how travel literature, missionary reports, and colonial scholarship constructed a lasting image of the Yazidis as a secretive, heretical sect.