Sharya, Iraq

Sharya (also written Shariya, Arabic: شاريا, Kurdish: ,شاریا, romanized: Şariya[1][2]) is a Yazidi-inhabited town located in the Simele District of the Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The town is located ca. 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Dohuk.[3]

Sharya
Town
Sharya is located in Iraq
Sharya
Sharya
Location in Iraq
Coordinates: 36°47′22″N 42°58′19″E
Country Iraq
Region Kurdistan Region
GovernorateDohuk Governorate
DistrictSimele District

Yazidi holy sites

Around Sharya, the following Yazidi shrines are found:[4]

  1. Şêx Enzerût
  2. Pîr Afat
  3. Evdê Reş
  4. Nasirdîn
  5. Siltan Êzîd
  6. Şêx Şems
  7. Şahsiwar
  8. Şêxûbekir
  9. Kerecal
  10. Şêx Hesen
  11. Pîr Bûb

References
  1. "Çalakiya Rêxistina Bohara Hêvîyan Jibo Keçên Êzidî li Şariya" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. "باخچەیەك دێ‌ ل شاریا ئێتە دروستكرن". p. ku. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. Saadi Azuo, Heerish (June 2016). "Graduate school of social sciences general psychology master's programme: Post-traumatic stress disorder among Ezidian women who escaped from ISIS capture" (PDF). Near East University. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
  4. Maisel, Sebastian (Spring 2021). "Rebuilding the unimagined past: Êzidî religious architecture and the reconfiguration of sacred space". Lalish. 45: 3–31.
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