Sharaf al-Din

General Information

Also Known As

Sharaf al-Din shrine

Type

Ziyareta

Nahiya (Subdistrict)

Şera

Village or Nearby Villages

Baflûnê

Religious Affiliation

Yezidi

Sharaf al-Din is a shrine near the village of Baflûnê in the Şera sub-district.

Map and Location

Coordinates: 36.614957, 36.992657

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

Current Status

After the Turkish takeover of Afrin in 2018, the shrine was looted and bombs were planted inside it.1

Bibliography

  • Violations Documentation Center in Northern Syria. "اضطهاد الإيزيديين في عفرين: تهجير 95% منهم.. تخريب المزارات.. مصادرة الممتلكات وانتهاكات أخرى." https://vdc-nsy.com/archives/54102.

References

  1. Violations Documentation Center in Northern Syria, "اضطهاد الإيزيديين في عفرين: تهجير 95% منهم.. تخريب المزارات.. مصادرة الممتلكات وانتهاكات أخرى" [The Persecution of the Yezidis in Afrin: 95% of Them Displaced, Shrines Vandalized, Property Confiscated, and Other Violations], https://vdc-nsy.com/archives/54102. Arabic quote: "تعرضت غالب المزارات الدينية العائدة للايزيديين للتدمير المتعمد والسرقة والإساءة ….. مزار الشيخ شرفدين في قرية بافلون، تم زراعة قنابل بداخله بعد نهبه." English translation: "Most of the religious shrines belonging to the Yezidis were subjected to deliberate destruction, theft, and abuse ... the Sheikh Sharfadin shrine in the village of Baflun had bombs planted inside it after it was looted." ↩