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Mira Meyan Khatun in 1945
Mira Meyan Khatun or Mayan Khatun (Kurdish: Meyan Xatûn; born. 1874/1873, Ba'adra[1], Ottoman Empire - died 1957[2][3]/1958[4], Shangal, Kingdom of Iraq) — Yazidi princess[5], a regent[6] of Yezidi emirate Sheikhan in 1913-1958[4]/1957. Mayan was a daughter of wellknown Yezidi prince Abdi Beg[2]. She was wife of Mir Ali Beg[3][5], mother of Mir Sa'id Beg[7] and a grandmother of Mir Tahsin Beg[7][5].
References
- ^ Kurdish Informational Portal: Denge Azad
- ^ a b Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies Volume 72, Issue 2
- ^ a b Shahrzad Mojab, Women of a non-state nation: the Kurds, pg. 102
- ^ a b Lokman I. Meho, The Kurds and Kurdistan: a selective and annotated bibliography, pg. 235
- ^ a b c Wadie Jwaideh, The Kurdish national movement: its origins and development, pg. 45
- ^ Nelida Fuccaro, The other Kurds: Yazidis in colonial Iraq, pg. 21
- ^ a b John S. Guest The Yezidis: a study in survival
Categories:- Iraqi Yazidis
- Yazidi
- Yazidi princesses
- Ottoman Kurdish people
- 1874 births
- 1957 deaths
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