Baba Sheikh

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Baba Sheikh is the title given to the highest spiritual leader of the Yazidi community, responsible for guiding its religious practices and traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Baba Sheikh canonical 3

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yazidi religious office
religious title
appliesTo Yazidis
surface form: Yazidi community
associatedWithEthnicGroup Yazidis
associatedWithPlace Lalish
associatedWithRole guardian of Yazidi holy sites
countryOfPractice Armenia
Georgia
Iraq
Syria
Turkey
culturalSignificance symbol of Yazidi religious unity
hasDuties interpreting Yazidi religious law and tradition
leading major Yazidi religious ceremonies
offering spiritual guidance to Yazidis
overseeing religious observance
hasSubordinates Yazidi religious functionaries
Yazidi sheikhs
inReligiousStructure part of Yazidi clerical hierarchy
involvesResponsibilityFor mediating internal religious disputes
representing Yazidis in interfaith contexts
meaningOfTitle Father Sheikh
recognizedBy Yazidi religious institutions
religion Yazidism
religiousHierarchyRank supreme spiritual authority in Yazidism
responsibleFor guiding Yazidi religious practices
preserving Yazidi religious traditions
roleInReligion highest spiritual leader of the Yazidis
selectionProcess chosen from Yazidi religious elite
termOfOffice usually life-long
titleLanguage Kurdish

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yazidism hasReligiousLeaderTitle Baba Sheikh
Yazidis religiousLeadership Baba Sheikh