Şêx Mehmûd

General Information

Also Known As

Şêx Mehmûd shrine, Ziyareta Şêx Mehmûd

Type

Ziyareta

Nahiya (Subdistrict)

Bilbilê

Village or Nearby Villages

Xelîlaka

Şêx Mehmûd is a shrine of Xelîlaka in the Bilbilê sub-district.

Physical & Landscape Features

It honours a martyr, Şêx Mehmûd, and stands at the top of Serê Sûrê, an old fort, where villagers go up to visit it. Beside it is an ancient deep rock-cut underground structure, the Zîrzemî, which an elder says was once a water cistern or spring.1

Transcripts

Xelîlaka (Ax û Welat – Episode 1135):

  • 11:00 – An elder leads up to the Şêx Mehmûd martyr's shrine at the top of Serê Sûrê.
  • 13:10 – The martyr Şêx Mehmûd and the nearby underground Zîrzemî.

Videography

Xelîlaka (Ax û Welat – Episode 1135): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8CsTJRm-D0

Bibliography

References

  1. Ax û Welat, "Xelîlaka," Episode 1135 (village Xelîlaka), YouTube video, at 11:00–14:24, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8CsTJRm-D0. Kurdish quote: "Emê danin serê Sûrê. Cem Şêx Mehmûd. Ziyareta Şêx Mehmûd, şehîd e." English translation: "We will go up to the top of Serê Sûrê, to Şêx Mehmûd. The shrine of Şêx Mehmûd, he is a martyr." Kurdish quote: "Ciyê kevin, li vir ziyaret heye, şehîd e, Şêx Mehmûd." English translation: "An old place; here is a shrine, a martyr, Şêx Mehmûd." Kurdish quote: "Belkî deh metra da xistine, bixwe kanî ye. Av e. Mahzen e." English translation: "Perhaps it was dug ten metres down; it is itself a spring, water, a cistern." ↩