Khalil Rashow

Khalil Rashow

Khalil Rashow or Xalîl Çendî Raşo (1952- ) is a contemporary Yazidi-Kurdish academic, writer and researcher. He was born in the village of "Mam Rasha" in district of "Sheikhan" in Mosul province in northern Iraq. From 1970 to 1974 he studied at the department of Kurdish language and literature of University of Baghdad. He moved to Czechoslovakia in 1986 and received his PhD from the Oriental Institute of Charlis University in Prague in 1991. From 1985 to 1991 he was the head of "Society of Kurdish Students in Europe (KSSE)". After the fall of communism, he sought refuge in Germany in 1992. He has been teaching Kurdish language at the University of Göttingen since 1996. From 1999 to 2005 he has conducted research in cooperation with Professor "Kreyenbroek" on Yazidi religious beliefs. He is considered as an authority on Yazidi folklore [C. Allison, "The Yezidi Oral Tradition in Iraqi Kurdistan", 313 pp., Routledge Publishers, ISBN 0700713972, p.295 ] .

Books

#"Êzidiyatî: li ber roşnaya hindek têkistêt ayinê Êzidiyan" (Yazidism: In Light of Some Yazidi Religious Texts), Korî Zanyarî Kurd, Baghdad 1979. (in Kurdish, co-authorred with Xidir Silêman).
#Kurdish national liberation movements in southern Kurdistan 1939-1968 , APEC Publishers, Stockholm, 1994. (in Arabic)
#"Du´a u dirozêt Êzidiyan" (Prayers of the Yazidis), in two parts, Einbeck Publishers, Germany, 1997. (in Kurdish)
#Nehwa me´rifat haqîqet al-diyana al-êzidiya, Rabun Publishers, Sweden, 1998.(in Arabic)
#"Perin ji Edebê Dînê Êzidiyan" (Pages from religious literature of Yazidis), in two volumes, Spîrêz Publishers, Duhok, 2004. (in Kurdish)
#Sacred Poems and Religious Narratives from the Yezidi Tradition, Berlin, Iranika. (co-authored with Prof. Kreyenbroek) (in English)

References

External links

* [http://www.khaliljindy.com Dr. Rashow's Personal website] .


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Yazidi — Infobox Religious group group = Yazidi km. Êzidîtî caption = Yazidis on the mountain of Sinjar, Iraqi/Syrian border, 1920s. population = ca. 800,000 ndash;1,000,000cite web |first=Christine |last=Allison |date=2004 02 20 |accessdate=2008 03 31… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Kurdish people — This is a list of well known Kurdish people. It includes poets, writers, historians, archaeologists, clerics, rulers, politicians and artists.Liturature#Ahmade Bate (Ehmedê Batê ),(1417 1491), Kurdish poet and cleric, Hakkari region. #Ali Hariri… …   Wikipedia

  • Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir — Shaykh ‘Adī ibn Musāfir al Umawī (Arabic: عدي بن مسافر الاموي, Kurdish Şêx Adî (IPA|/ʃex ɑdi/) (died 1162), a descendant of Umayyad Caliph Marwan ibn al Hakam, was born in the 1070s in the Beqaa Valley of present day Lebanon.Citation last… …   Wikipedia

  • 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.… …   Wikipedia

  • Sheikh Adi ibn Sakhr — Shaykh ‘Adī ibn Sakhr , descendant of Umayyad Caliph Marwan ibn al Hakam, was son and religious heir of Sakhr Abū l Barakat and thus head of the ‘Adawiyya Ṣūfī Order. He was executed by the Mongols in 1221 but three of his sons survived to… …   Wikipedia

  • Al-Hasan ibn Adi — Shaykh al Hasan ibn ‘Adī, known also by the Kurdish terms Şêx Hesen and Şêx Sin , was a descendant of Umayyad Caliph Marwan ibn al Hakam. He was the son and religious heir of ‘Adī ibn Sakhr and thus head of the ‘Adawiyya Ṣūfī Order. He was… …   Wikipedia

  • Sheikh Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan — Shaykh Sharaf ad Dīn ibn al Hasan, known also by the Kurdish name Şêx Sherfeddin , was a descendant of Umayyad Caliph Marwan ibn al Hakam. He was the son and religious heir of al Hasan ibn ‘Adī and thus head of the ‘Adawiyya Ṣūfī Order. He died… …   Wikipedia

  • Fakhr ad-Din ibn Adi — Shaykh Fakhr ad Dīn ibn al Hasan, known also by the Kurdish name Şêx Fexreddin , was a descendant of Umayyad Caliph Marwan ibn al Hakam. He was the son and religious heir of al Hasan ibn ‘Adī after the death of al Hasan s son. Şêx Fexreddin was… …   Wikipedia

  • Сама — У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Сама (значения). Кружащиеся дервиши в Стамбуле Сама (араб …   Википедия

  • Dschabal Sindschar — p1 Dschabal Sindschar Dschabal Sindschar aus dem Orbit Topographische Bezeichnungen bei GeoNames [1] …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”