Sharya
Town
Sharya is located in Iraq
Sharya
Sharya
Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°47′22″N 42°58′19″E / 36.78944°N 42.97194°E / 36.78944; 42.97194
Country Iraq
Region Kurdistan Region
GovernorateDohuk Governorate
DistrictSimele District

Sharya (also written Shariya, Arabic: شاريا, Kurdish: ,شاریا, romanized: Şariya[1][2]) is a Yazidi-inhabited town located in the Simele District of the Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The town is located ca. 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Dohuk.[3]

Yazidi holy sites

Around Sharya, the following Yazidi shrines are found:[4]

  1. Şêx Enzerût
  2. Pîr Afat
  3. Evdê Reş
  4. Nasirdîn
  5. Siltan Êzîd
  6. Şêx Şems
  7. Şahsiwar
  8. Şêxûbekir
  9. Kerecal
  10. Şêx Hesen
  11. Pîr Bûb

References

  1. ↑ "Çalakiya Rêxistina Bohara Hêvîyan Jibo Keçên Êzidî li Şariya" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "باخچەیەك دێ‌ ل شاریا ئێتە دروستكرن". p. ku. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Saadi Azuo, Heerish (June 2016). "Graduate school of social sciences general psychology master's programme: Post-traumatic stress disorder among Ezidian women who escaped from ISIS capture" (PDF). Near East University. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
  4. ↑ Maisel, Sebastian (Spring 2021). "Rebuilding the unimagined past: Êzidî religious architecture and the reconfiguration of sacred space". Lalish. 45: 3–31.
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