Şêx Mihemed - Sêmala

General Information

Also Known As

Şêx Mihemed (Sêmala), Ziyareta Şêx Mihemed (Sêmala)

Type

Ziyareta

Nahiya (Subdistrict)

Reco

Village or Nearby Villages

Sêmala

Şêx Mihemed is a shrine of Sêmala in the Reco sub-district. It stands in the Heşargê valley to the west of the village, near the Ten Caves known by the name of Beko.1

This is one of several separate shrines in the Afrin region that share the name. The others are:

Bibliography

  • Bekir, Welîd Remzî, and Şerîf Mihemed. Ax û Welat: Lêkolîneke Civakî, Dîrokî & Erdnîgarî ye (Birê 1). Qamişlo: Weşanxaneya Şilêr, 2017.

References

  1. Welîd Remzî Bekir and Şerîf Mihemed, Ax û Welat: Lêkolîneke Civakî, Dîrokî & Erdnîgarî ye (Birê 1) (Qamişlo: Weşanxaneya Şilêr, 2017), Sêmala entry. Quote (English translation): "To the west are the Odanê valley, the Kurma valley, the Yaşil valley, which means ((green)), and the Heşargê valley, where the shrine of Şêx Mihemed is located, and Ten Caves known by the name of Beko, and the Ava Reş (Black Water) which flows from northern Kurdistan and collects in the Beraşê dam." ↩