Ebû Ke'ib

General Information

Also Known As

Abu Ka'b shrine, Ebû Ke'ib, Ebû Ke'ib shrine, Ziyareta Ebû Keib, أبو كعب

Type

Ziyareta

Nahiya (Subdistrict)

Cindires

Village or Nearby Villages

Abû Ke'bê Şerqî, Abû Ke'bê Xerbî, Celemê

Religious Affiliation

Yezidi

Ebû Ke'ib is an Êzîdî shrine. Both Abû Ke'bê Şerqî and Abû Ke'bê Xerbî are named for it.1

Map and Location

Coordinates: 36.386869, 36.751612

The shrine stands at the eastern settlement, which is now abandoned, with only the shrine remaining. From the western settlement, the shrine lies one kilometer to the east.2

Source: https://akmckeever.substack.com/

Bibliography

References

  1. Mihemed Ebdo Elî, Çiyayê Kurmênc (Efrîn): Lêkolîneke Xaknîgarî ye tevahî (Efrîn, 2008), Cindirêsê village entry 12, Ebû ke'ibê. Quote (English translation): "Named after the shrine of 'Abu Ka'b,' the Yazidi, located there. Two parts, west: consisting of about twenty families. And east: in which there is one family." ↩

  2. TirejAfrin, "Abû Ke'bê Şerqî." Quote (English translation): "It was previously an important center for the Yazidis southeast of Fiririya village in the last decade of the twentieth century. Currently it has become an abandoned village and only its shrine remains to this date." Ebdulrehman Mihemed, Efrîn... Her River and Her Green Hills [عفرين... نهرها وروابيها الخضراء], Western Eb Ke'ib entry, quoted on the TirejAfrin Abû Ke'bê Xerbî page, https://www.tirejafrin.com/site/kura%20afrin%20Cindires%20-%20abo%20kaeb%20xarbi.htm. Quote (English translation): "To the east is a fertile agricultural plain, the valley of Çemê Efrînê, the village of /Eb Ke'ibê Rojhilat/ (Eastern Eb Ke'ib), /Zelaqê/ West, and the shrine of Ebû Keib at a distance of 1km." ↩