Amadin or ‘Emad ad-Dīn (Kurdish: Amadîn[1]) was a 13th-century Yazidi saint.
Sheikh Amadin | |
|---|---|
Amadîn | |
| Other names | ‘Emad ad-Dīn |
| Known for | Patron saint of stomach pains |
| Father | Sheikh Shems |
| Family | Shemsani lineage |
Family tree
editAmadin was one of the nine sons of Sheikh Shems. He is associated with healing stomach pains.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ 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 (1995). Yezidism: its background, observances, and textual tradition. Lewiston NY: E. Mellen Press. ISBN 0-7734-9004-3. OCLC 31377794.
- ^ Omarkhali, Khanna. 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. ISBN 978-3-447-10856-0. OCLC 1002063785.
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