ਯਜ਼ੀਦੀ (ਕੁਰਦੀ: ئێزیدی Êzidî) ਕੁਰਦ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਫਿਰਕਾ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਲੋਕ ਮੁਖ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ ਉੱਤਰੀ ਇਰਾਕ ਦੇ ਨੀਨੇਵਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਇਸ ਫਿਰਕੇ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਚੀਨ ਮਿਸ਼ਰਿਤ ਧਰਮ ਯਜ਼ੀਦੀਵਾਦ (ਯਜ਼ਦਾਨੀਵਾਦ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਕਿਸਮ ਦੀ) ਪਾਰਸੀ ਧਰਮ[14] ਅਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਾਚੀਨ ਮੇਸੋਪੋਟਾਮਿਆਈ ਧਰਮਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਸੰਬੰਧਤ ਹੈ।[14][15][16]

ਯਜ਼ੀਦੀ
Êzidîtî
Yazidis on the mountain of Shingal, Iraqi-Syrian border, 1920s.
ਕੁੱਲ ਪੈਰੋਕਾਰ
840,000 - 1,000,000[1][2][3]
ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਨ ਆਬਾਦੀ ਵਾਲੇ ਖੇਤਰ
 ਇਰਾਕ650,000[4]
 ਸੀਰੀਆ50,000[5][6]
 ਜਰਮਨੀ40,000[1][7]
 ਰੂਸ40,586[8]
ਫਰਮਾ:Country data ਅਰਮੀਨੀਆ35,272[9]
ਫਰਮਾ:Country data ਜਾਰਜੀਆ20,843[10]
ਫਰਮਾ:Country data ਨੀਦਰਲੈਂਡ5,000[11]
 ਸਵੀਡਨ4,000[7]
ਗ੍ਰੰਥ
Yazidi Book of Revelation (Kitêba Cilwe)
Yazidi Black Book (Mishefa Reş)
ਭਾਸ਼ਾਵਾਂ
Kurdish (Latin)[12][13]

ਹਵਾਲੇ

ਸੋਧੋ
  1. 1.0 1.1 Allison, Christine (2004-02-20). "Yazidis i: General". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 20 ਅਗਸਤ 2010. There are probably some 200,000–300,000 Yazidis worldwide.
  2. "Yezidi". Adherents.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2008-03-31. {{cite web}}: More than one of |archivedate= and |archive-date= specified (help); More than one of |archiveurl= and |archive-url= specified (help); Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) Cites estimates between 100,000 and 700,000.
  3. "Deadly Iraq sect attacks kill 200". BBC News. 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
  4. Iraq Yezidis: A Religious and Ethnic Minority Group Faces Repression and Assimilation By Christian Peacemaker Teams in Iraq (25 September 2005)
  5. "Yazidi in Syria Between acceptance and marginalization" (PDF). KurdWatch. kurdwatch.org. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. Andrea Glioti (18 October 2013). "Yazidis Benefit From Kurdish Gains in Northeast Syria". al-monitor. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Megalommatis, Muhammad Shamsaddin (February 28, 2010). "Dispersion of the Yazidi Nation in Syria, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia and Europe: Call for UN Action". American Chronicle. Archived from the original on ਮਾਰਚ 6, 2010. Retrieved August 20, 2010. {{cite news}}: More than one of |archivedate= and |archive-date= specified (help); More than one of |archiveurl= and |archive-url= specified (help); Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 г. Национальный состав населения Российской Федерации". Demoscope. Demoscope. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  9. "2011 Armenian census" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-08-18.
  10. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Georgia_Census_2002-_Ethnic_group_by_major_administrative-territorial_units.pdf
  11. "Jezidi's".
  12. http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/485fa2342.pdf
  13. http://www.hum.uu.nl/medewerkers/m.vanbruinessen/publications/Bruinessen_Religion_in_Kurdistan.pdf
  14. 14.0 14.1 Palmer, Michael D.; Burgess, Stanley M. (2012-03-12). The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice. John Wiley & Sons. p. 405. ISBN 9781444355369. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  15. "Background: the Yezidi". The Guardian. 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
  16. "Who, What, Why: Who are the Yazidis?". BBC World News. Retrieved 2014-08-08.