Yarsan

E749159
Kurdish religion mystical tradition religious tradition

Yarsan is a syncretic Kurdish religious tradition rooted in mystical Islam and indigenous beliefs, centered on the veneration of divine manifestations and esoteric spiritual practices.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yarsan canonical 1
Yarsani 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kurdish religion ⓘ
mystical tradition ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
coreBelief cycle of divine incarnations ⓘ
esoteric spiritual practices ⓘ
inner mystical knowledge ⓘ
reincarnation of souls ⓘ
veneration of divine manifestations ⓘ
doctrineRelation includes pre-Islamic Iranian beliefs ⓘ
influenced by Islamic mysticism ⓘ
shares elements with Shi’a Islam ⓘ
shares elements with Sufism ⓘ
esotericOrientation emphasis on inner truth (batin) ⓘ
ethnicAssociation Gorani-speaking communities ⓘ
Kurds NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lurs NERFINISHED ⓘ
exotericPractice limited emphasis on formal Islamic law (sharia) ⓘ
geographicDistribution Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Ahl-e Haqq NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ahl-i Haqq NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kakaiism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaka’i NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yarsanism NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClericalRole khalifa NERFINISHED ⓘ
pir NERFINISHED ⓘ
sayyed NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConcept successive divine epochs (dawr) ⓘ
hasDeityConcept divine manifestations in human form ⓘ
transcendent supreme God ⓘ
hasRitual hymn chanting ⓘ
jam (communal religious gathering) NERFINISHED ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ
veneration of spiritual leaders ⓘ
languageOfRitual Gorani NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicInstrument tanbur (sacred lute) ⓘ
persecutionStatus subject to discrimination in Iran ⓘ
subject to discrimination in Iraq ⓘ
religiousCenter Ilam Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kermanshah Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kurdistan Region of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zagros Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousText Kalam-e Saranjam NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTextLanguage Gorani ⓘ
selfIdentification distinct from mainstream Islam ⓘ
socialStructure organized in hereditary families of sayyeds ⓘ
organized in spiritual lineages ⓘ
viewOnSecrecy traditionally esoteric and closed to outsiders ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Ahl-e Haqq → alternativeName → Yarsan ⓘ
Golestan Province → hasEthnicGroup → Yarsan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yarsani