Khatuna Fekhra
Khatuna Fekhra (Kurdish: Xatûna Fexra[1]) was a 12th-century Yazidi female saint.[2]
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| Spouse | Hesen Jellê |
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| Relatives | Sheikh Mand (brother) |
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Temple of Khatuna Fekhra in Turkey
The Quba Xatuna Fexra (Temple of Khatuna Fekhra) in Mağara, İdil, Şırnak Province, southeastern Turkey was built in honor of her. There is also a shrine built in honor of her in Lalish.[3]
Khatuna Fekhra was the daughter of Sheykh Fekhr, wife of Hesen Jellê, and sister of Sheikh Mand and Sheikh Bedir. She is the patron of childbirth.[3][4]
References
- Omarkhali, Khanna (2017). The Yezidi religious textual tradition, from oral to written: categories, transmission, scripturalisation, and canonisation of the Yezidi oral religious texts. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-10856-0. OCLC 994778968.
- Kreyenbroek, Philip (2005). God and Sheikh Adi are perfect: sacred poems and religious narratives from the Yezidi tradition. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-05300-6. OCLC 63127403.
- Kreyenbroek, Philip (1995). Yezidism: its background, observances, and textual tradition. Lewiston NY: E. Mellen Press. ISBN 0-7734-9004-3. OCLC 31377794.
- Khanna, Omarkhali, Khanna 1981-. The Yezidi religious textual tradition from oral to written : categories, transmission, scripturalisation and canonisation of the Yezidi oral religious texts : with audio and video samples on CD-ROM. pp. 57, 63, 567. ISBN 978-3-447-10856-0. OCLC 1002063785.
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