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Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir

<p><b>‘Adī ibn Musāfir</b> (<a href="/en/Kurdish_language" title="Kurdish language" class="mw-redirect wl">Kurdish</a><span>: </span><span dir="rtl">شێخ ئادی</span><span>, </span><small about="#mwt23">romanized:<span>&nbsp;</span></small><span><i lang="ku-Latn">Şêx Adî</i></span>, <a href="/en/Arabic_language" title="Arabic language" class="mw-redirect wl">Arabic</a><span>: </span><span dir="rtl">الشيخ عدي بن مسافر</span> born 1072-1078, died 1162)<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-:0_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> was a Muslim<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Joanna_Bocheńska_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-Joanna_Bocheńska-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Leppakari_3-0"><a href="#cite_note-Leppakari-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-thefreelibrary_4-0"><a href="#cite_note-thefreelibrary-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span> <a href="/en/Sheikh" title="Sheikh" class="wl">sheikh</a> of <a href="/en/Arabs" title="Arabs" class="wl">Arab</a> origin,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="#cite_note-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span> considered a <a href="/en/Yazidis" title="Yazidis" class="wl">Yazidi</a> <a href="/en/Saint" title="Saint" class="wl">saint</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="#cite_note-6" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[6]</span></a></span> The Yazidis consider him as an <a href="/en/Avatar" title="Avatar" class="wl">avatar</a> of Tawûsê Melek (also called <a href="/en/Melek_Taûs" title="Melek Taûs" class="mw-redirect wl">Melek Taûs</a>), which means "Peacock Angel". His tomb at <a href="/en/Lalish" title="Lalish" class="wl">Lalish</a>, <a href="/en/Iraq" title="Iraq" class="wl">Iraq</a> is a focal point of <a href="/en/Yazidi#Pilgrimage" title="Yazidi" class="mw-redirect wl">Yazidi pilgrimage</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Yezidis_7-0"><a href="#cite_note-Yezidis-7" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[7]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="#cite_note-8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[8]</span></a></span></p>

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<div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title">Main topics</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Yazidis" title="Yazidis" class="wl">Yazidis</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Yazidi_social_organization" title="Yazidi social organization" class="wl">Yazidi social organization</a></li></ul></div></div></td>
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<ul><li><a href="/en/Tawûsî_Melek" title="Tawûsî Melek" class="wl">Tawûsî Melek</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Fexredîn" title="Fexredîn" class="wl">Fexredîn</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Sheikh_Shems" title="Sheikh Shems" class="wl">Sheikh Shems</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Sicadîn" title="Sicadîn" class="wl">Sicadîn</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Melik_Şêxsin" title="Melik Şêxsin" class="mw-redirect wl">Melik Şêxsin</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Sheikh_Obekr" title="Sheikh Obekr" class="wl">Sheikh Obekr</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Nasirdîn" title="Nasirdîn" class="wl">Nasirdîn</a></li></ul></div></div></td>
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<div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title"><a href="/en/List_of_Yazidi_holy_figures" title="List of Yazidi holy figures" class="wl">List of Yazidi holy figures</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Sheikh_Adi_ibn_Musafir" title="Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir" class="wl">Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Sultan_Ezid" title="Sultan Ezid" class="wl">Sultan Ezid</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Amadin" title="Amadin" class="wl">Amadin</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Ezdina_Mir" title="Ezdina Mir" class="wl">Ezdina Mir</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Khatuna_Fekhra" title="Khatuna Fekhra" class="wl">Khatuna Fekhra</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Sheikh_Mand" title="Sheikh Mand" class="wl">Sheikh Mand</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Mehmed_Reshan" title="Mehmed Reshan" class="mw-redirect wl">Mehmed Reshan</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Musa_Sor" title="Musa Sor" class="wl">Musa Sor</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Sharaf_ad-Din_ibn_al-Hasan" title="Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan" class="wl">Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Sheikh_Adi_ibn_Musafir" title="Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir" class="wl">Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Pir_Ali_(Yazidi_saint)" title="Pir Ali (Yazidi saint)" class="wl">Pir Ali</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Rabia_of_Basra" title="Rabia of Basra" class="wl">Rabia of Basra</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Shehid_ibn_Jerr" title="Shehid ibn Jerr" class="wl">Shehid ibn Jerr</a></li></ul></div></div></td>
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<ul><li><a href="/en/Lalish" title="Lalish" class="wl">Lalish</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Sinjar_Mountains" title="Sinjar Mountains" class="wl">Sinjar Mountains</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Silat_Bridge" title="Silat Bridge" class="wl">Silat Bridge</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Mam_Rashan_Shrine" title="Mam Rashan Shrine" class="wl">Mam Rashan Shrine</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Quba_Mêrê_Dîwanê" title="Quba Mêrê Dîwanê" class="wl">Quba Mêrê Dîwanê</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Sharfadin_Temple" title="Sharfadin Temple" class="wl">Sharfadin Temple</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Sultan_Ezid_Temple" title="Sultan Ezid Temple" class="wl">Sultan Ezid Temple</a></li></ul></div></div></td>
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<ul><li><span class="new">Batizmi</span></li>
<li><a href="/en/Feast_of_Ezid" title="Feast of Ezid" class="wl">Feast of Ezid</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Feast_of_the_Assembly" title="Feast of the Assembly" class="wl">Feast of the Assembly</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Tawûsgeran" title="Tawûsgeran" class="wl">Tawûsgeran</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Tiwaf" title="Tiwaf" class="wl">Tiwaf</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Yazidi_New_Year" title="Yazidi New Year" class="wl">Yazidi New Year</a></li></ul></div></div></td>
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<div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title"><a href="/en/Yazidi_literature" title="Yazidi literature" class="wl">Literature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Yazidi_Black_Book" title="Yazidi Black Book" class="wl">Yazidi Black Book</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Yazidi_Book_of_Revelation" title="Yazidi Book of Revelation" class="wl">Yazidi Book of Revelation</a></li></ul></div></div></td>
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<figure class="wiki-thumb"><a href="/en/File:Lalish.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Lalish.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Lalish.jpg/250px-Lalish.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" data-file-type="bitmap" height="188" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Lalish.jpg/375px-Lalish.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Lalish.jpg/500px-Lalish.jpg 2x" alt="Lalish.jpg"></a><figcaption>Shrine of Sheikh 'Adi in the Valley of Lalish.</figcaption></figure>
