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Mira Meyan Khatun in 1945

Mira Meyan Khatun or Mayan Khatun (Template:Lang-ku; born. 1874/1873, Ba'adra,[1] Ottoman Empire - died 1957[2][3]/1958,[4] Sinjar, Kingdom of Iraq) — Yazidi princess,[5] a regent[6] of Yezidi Emirate of Sheikhan in 1913-1958[4]/1957. Mayan was a daughter of well known Yezidi prince Abdi Beg.[2] She was wife of Mir Ali Beg,[3][5] mother of Mir Sa'id Beg[7] and a grandmother of Mir Tahsin Beg.[5][7]

References

  1. ^ Kurdish Informational Portal: Denge Azad
  2. ^ a b Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies Volume 72, Issue 2
  3. ^ a b Shahrzad Mojab, Women of a non-state nation: the Kurds, pg. 102
  4. ^ a b Lokman I. Meho, The Kurds and Kurdistan: a selective and annotated bibliography, pg. 235
  5. ^ a b c Wadie Jwaideh, The Kurdish national movement: its origins and development, pg. 45
  6. ^ Nelida Fuccaro, The other Kurds: Yazidis in colonial Iraq, pg. 21
  7. ^ a b John S. Guest The Yezidis: a study in survival
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