Pir Mam Rashan or Pir Mehmed Reshan (
) was a 12th-century
Yazidi saint
This is a list of holy figures () in Yazidism.
There are a total of 365 Yazidis, Yazidi holy figures venerated by Yazidis. Many List of Yazidi tribes, Yazidi tribes and lineages are named after Yazidi holy figures and there are many List of Yazi ...
. The
Mam Rashan Shrine on
Mount Sinjar
The Sinjar Mountains ( ku, چیایێ شنگالێ, translit=Çiyayê Şingalê, ar, جبل سنجار, translit=Jabal Sinjār, syr, ܛܘܪܐ ܕܫܝܓܪ, Ṭura d'Shingar,) are a mountain range that runs east to west, rising above the surroundi ...
was built in honor of him.
As a patron saint of agriculture, he is considered to be the protector of harvests and bringer of rain. His feast is celebrated in spring. There is a shrine dedicated to him at
Lalish. Also, a shrine that is claimed as his tomb is situated behind
Mount Maqlub near
Bardarash, Iraq.
During times of drought, special ceremonies are held at sites dedicated to him to pray for rain and blessing of cultivated land.
See also
*
List of Yazidi holy figures
*
List of Yazidi holy places
This is a list of Yazidi temples across the world.
Background
Yazidis are an ethnoreligious group who live predominantly in northern Iraq. Their religion is known as Yazidism.
List
See also
* List of Yazidi saints
* List of Yazidi settlem ...
References
12th-century births
12th-century deaths
Yazidi holy figures
12th-century Kurdish people
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