Khatuna Fekhra () was a 12th-century Yazidi female saint. The ''Quba Xatuna Fexra'' (Temple of Khatuna Fekhra) in Mağara, İdil,

Şırnak Province Şırnak Province ( tr, Şırnak ili, ku, Parêzgeha Şirnexê) is a province of Turkey in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. Şırnak Province was created in 1990, with areas that were formerly part of the Siirt and Mardin Provinces. It borders b ...

, southeastern Turkey was built in honor of her. There is also a shrine built in honor of her in

Lalish Lalish ( ku, لالش, translit=Laliş, also known as Lalişa Nûranî) is a mountain valley and temple in Shekhan, Duhok Governorate in Iraq. It is the holiest temple of the Yazidis. It is the location of the tomb of the Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, ...

. Khatuna Fekhra was the daughter of Sheykh Fekhr, wife of Hesen Jellê, and sister of

Sheikh Mand Sheikh Mand or Sheikh Mend () was a 13th-century Yazidi saint. He is the son of Şêx Fexredîn and thus belongs to the Şemsanî lineage of sheikhs. His sister was Khatuna Fekhra Khatuna Fekhra () was a 12th-century Yazidi female saint ...

and Sheikh Bedir. She is the patron of childbirth.

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