Sakhr Abu l-Barakat

Shaykh Sakhr Abū l-Barakat, a descendant of Umayyad Caliph Marwan ibn al-Hakam, was the nephew and successor of ‘Adī ibn Musāfir al-Umawī, around whom an order of Ṣūfīs, the "‘Adawiyya", had formed. When ‘Adī died childless, Sakhr replaced him. [Citation
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publication-date =2005
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title =God and Sheikh Adi are Perfect: Sacred Poems and Religious Narratives from the Yezidi Tradition
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series =Iranica
volume =9
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