Sheikh Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...

Obekr or Obekir () is a holy figure venerated in Yazidism, he is considered one of the Seven Divine Beings, to all of whom God assigned the World's affairs, and his 13th century earthly incarnation is considered the founding patriarch of the Qatani lineage of Sheikhs. He is identified identified as the bearer and protector of Xerqa, a holy black textile which symbolizes asceticism in Yazidism. He is identified with the angel Derdayil and is in charge of the equilibrium between earth and heaven.

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