Sheikh Obekr or Obekir (
) is a holy figure venerated in
Yazidism
Yazidism , alternatively Sharfadin is a monotheistic ethnic religion that has roots in a western Iranic pre-Zoroastrian religion directly derived from the Indo-Iranian tradition. It is followed by the mainly Kurmanji-speaking Yazidis and i ...
, 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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13th-century births
13th-century deaths
13th-century Kurdish people
Yazidi holy figures
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