Mam Rashan Shrine

Yazidi site on Mount Sinjar in Iraq

Part of a series on the Yazidi religion Yazidism

Main topics Yazidis Yazidi social organization
The Heptad Tawûsî Melek Fexredîn Sheikh Shems Sicadîn Melik Şêxsin Sheikh Obekr Nasirdîn
List of Yazidi holy figures Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir Sultan Ezid Amadin Ezdina Mir Khatuna Fekhra Sheikh Mand Mehmed Reshan Musa Sor Sharaf ad-Din ibn al-Hasan Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir Pir Ali Rabia of Basra Shehid ibn Jerr
Holy places Lalish Sinjar Mountains Silat Bridge Mam Rashan Shrine Quba Mêrê Dîwanê Sharfadin Temple Sultan Ezid Temple
Festivals Batizmi Feast of Ezid Feast of the Assembly Tawûsgeran Tiwaf Yazidi New Year
Literature Yazidi Black Book Yazidi Book of Revelation
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Mam Rashan Shrine is a Yazidi site built in the 12th century located on Mount Sinjar in Iraq. The shrine is dedicated to Pîr Mehmed Reşan, a Yazidi holy figure associated with agriculture, rain, and the annual harvest.^[1]

Destruction and reconstruction

It was destroyed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as part of the Sinjar massacre in 2014.^[2]^[3]

The site was listed as one of 25 sites of the 2020 World Monuments Watch published by World Monuments Fund (WMF) to recognize the international reconstruction efforts.^[1] Reconstruction work was started in the summer of 2020, with the assessment and documentation of the site.^[1] In October 2020, the Yazidi religious authorities held a religious ceremony to bless the works.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "2020 Watch Sites". World Monuments Fund. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ "Mam Rashan Shrine". World Monuments Fund. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
^ "Reconstruction of the Yazidi Mam Rashan Shrine". Culture in Crisis. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
^ "Reconstruction Of The Yazidi Mam Rashan Shrine". Aliph Foundation. Retrieved 20 March 2021.