Sadiq

General Information

Also Known As

Sadiq shrine, Ziyareta Sadiq, Brîm Sadiq

Type

Ziyareta

Nahiya (Subdistrict)

Şera

Village or Nearby Villages

Serê Kaniyê

Religious Affiliation

Yezidi

Sadiq is a shrine of Serê Kaniyê in the Şera sub-district.

Map and Location

Coordinates: 36.591329, 36.952171

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Physical & Landscape Features

The shrine stands at the highest eastern point of Çiyayê Hemûdê û Sadiq, the eastern of the two mountains beside the village, which takes its name from the shrine.1

Historical & Religious Context

Roger Lescot's 1938 survey of the Yezidis of Syria records the shrine as Brîm Sadiq and lists it together with the nearby Evdelmennan shrine, the shrine of Menan, placing both between Mefelê and Qatme.2

Bibliography

References

  1. Ebdulrehman Mihemed, Efrîn... Her River and Her Green Hills, quoted on the TirejAfrin Serê Kaniyê (Kefercenê) page, https://www.tirejafrin.com/site/kura%20afrin%20%20sheran%20-%20kafrjanh.htm. Quote: "the eastern one is called Çiyayê Hemûdê û Sadiq, named after the Sadiq shrine at the highest eastern point of the mountain." ↩

  2. Roger Lescot, Enquête sur les Yézidis de Syrie et du Djebel Sindjâr (Beirut: Institut Français de Damas, 1938), 188. French quote: "Brîm Sadiq et Evdelmennan (entre Mefelê et Qatme)." English translation: "Brîm Sadiq and Evdelmennan (between Mefelê and Qatme)." ↩