# Yazidis\.info: A sourced reference on Yazidi religion, history, and communities

> An independent, source\-cited encyclopedia of Yazidi belief, ritual, history, and diaspora life — every claim traced to named published scholarship\.

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## Pages
- [Ferman Timeline](https://yazidis.info/tools/ferman-timeline/)
- [Sacred Sites \& Communities Map](https://yazidis.info/tools/sacred-sites-map/)
- [Transliteration Converter](https://yazidis.info/tools/transliteration-converter/)
- [Contact Us](https://yazidis.info/contact-us/)
- [About Us – The Yazidis\.info Reference Project](https://yazidis.info/about-us/)

## Posts
- [The Role of Peshmerga Elders in Yazidi Conflict Resolution](https://yazidis.info/society/peshmerga-elders-yazidi-conflict-resolution/): Peshmerga elders—respected former Kurdish fighters—play a central mediating role in resolving disputes among Yazidi communities, especially in displaced settings of the Duhok Governorate\. Their involvement blends traditional authority with contemporary peace‑building practices\.
- [Sacred Peaks: Comparing the Sacred Status of Mount Sinjar and Lalish in Yazidi Cosmology](https://yazidis.info/religion/sacred-peaks-comparing-mount-sinjar-lalish-yazidi-cosmology/): Mount Sinjar and Lalish occupy complementary yet distinct places in Yazidi cosmology\. While Sinjar is imagined as a mountain stabilized by divine mausoleums, Lalish functions as the spiritual centre and qibla for all Yazidis\. Their differing roles illuminate the layered sacred geography of the faith\.
- [Visual Representations of the Seven Mysteries: Yazidi Art and Manuscript Iconography](https://yazidis.info/society/visual-representations-seven-mysteries-yazidi-art/): The Seven Mysteries \(Heft Sirr\) occupy a central place in Yazidi theology and are repeatedly visualised in manuscripts, textiles, and ritual objects\. This article surveys the iconographic motifs, their Late Antique roots, and the ways modern scholarship interprets their artistic transmission\.
- [Yazidi Oral Hymns Preserving the Memory of the Bedirxan Attacks](https://yazidis.info/religion/yazidi-oral-hymns-preserving-bedirxan-attacks/): The Yazidi sacred hymns, known as qewls, serve as living repositories of collective memory, including the 19th‑century Bedirxan attacks on Yazidi communities\. Transmitted orally by hereditary qewwals, these hymns recount historic persecution and are central to Yazidi religious identity\.
- [Astronomical Foundations of Yazidi Liturgical Dates](https://yazidis.info/religion/astronomical-foundations-yazidi-liturgical-dates/): Yazidi liturgical dates are anchored in an ancient astronomical framework that blends lunar‑solar cycles, celestial symbolism, and the sanctity of Wednesday\. The most prominent example, Çarşema Sor \(Red Wednesday\), is fixed to the first Wednesday on or after 14 April, a rule that reflects the community’s historic use of the Julian and Seleucid calendars and a cosmology that venerates the sun, moon, and planetary movements\.

## Glosarium
- [Qewl](https://yazidis.info/term/qewl/)

## Categories
- [Religion](https://yazidis.info/category/religion/)
- [Society](https://yazidis.info/category/society/)
- [Geography](https://yazidis.info/category/geography/)
- [History](https://yazidis.info/category/history/)
- [Genocide \& Justice](https://yazidis.info/category/genocide-justice/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://yazidis.info/sitemap_index.xml)