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Yezidi Texts

Analecta Gorgiana

902 Series Editor George Anton Kiraz

Analecta Gorgiana is a collection of long essays and short monographs which are consistently cited by modern scholars but previously difficult to find because of their original appearance in obscure publications. Carefully selected by a team of scholars based on their relevance to modern scholarship, these essays can now be fully utilized by scholars and proudly owned by libraries.

Yezidi Texts

Edited with an Introduction by Isya Joseph

2013

Gorgias Press LLC, 954 River Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA www.gorgiaspress.com G&C Kiraz is an imprint of Gorgias Press LLC Copyright © 2013 by Gorgias Press LLC Originally published in 1909 All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise without the prior written permission of Gorgias Press LLC. 2013

ISBN 978-1-61143-496-5 Reprinted from the 1909 2 edition.

Printed in the United States of America

ISSN 1935-6854

THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF

SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND (CONTINUING

VOLUME X X V

LITERATURES

HEBRAICA)

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YEZIDI TEXTS BR ISYA JOSEPH, P H . D . New York, N. Y. INTRODUCTION

The Arabic manuscript here printed was presented to me before I left Mosul by my friend D&ud as-Salg as a memento of our friendship. ]Jawaja as-Sftlg was a man of culture, in sympathy with western thought, and an intimate acquaintance of M.N. Siouffi, the vice-consul of the French Republic in Mosul. From the first page of the manuscript it appears that through some Yezidis he had access to their literature. I know that he was in close touch with many of them, especially with the family of Mulla IJaidar, which is the only Yezidi family that can read and guard the sacred tradition of the sect. The manuscript comprises a brief Introduction, the Sacred Books, and an Appendix. In the first, the compiler indicates the sources of his information and gives a sketch of the life of Seilj 'Adi, the chief saint of the Yezidis. The Sacred Books comprise Kiiah al-Jilwah (Book of Revelation), and Mashaf BSs (Black Book)—so named because in it mention is made of the descent of the Lord upon the Black Mountain (p. 124). Al-Jilwah1 is ascribed to Seih 'Adi himself, and would accordingly date from the twelfth century A. D. It is 111

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divided into a brief introduction and five short chapters. I n each, ' Adi is represented as the speaker. I n the Preface the Seih says that he existed with Melek Ta'us before the creation of the world, and that he was sent by his god T&'us to instruct the Yezidi sect in truth. I n the first chapter he asserts his omnipresence and omnipotence; in the second he claims to have power to reward those who obey him and to punish those who disobey h i m ; in the third he declares that he possesses the treasures of the earth; in the fourth he warns his followers of the doctrines of those that are without;" and in the fifth he bids them keep his commandments and obey his servants, who will communicate to them his teachings. The Black Book, 2 which perhaps dates from the thirteenth century, is larger than the Book of Revelation, but is not divided into chapters. It begins with the narrative of creation: God finishes his work in seven d a y s — S u n d a y to Saturday. In each day he creates an angel or k i n g ( m e l e k ) . Melek Ta'us, who is created on Sunday, is made chief of all. After that Fahr-ad-Dln creates the planets, man, and animals. Then follows a story about Adam and Eve, their temptation and quarrel; the coming of the chief angels to the world to establish the Yezidi kingdom; the flood; the miraculous birth of Yezid bn M u a w i y a ; and certain ordinances in regard to food, kawwdls and kocliaks, the New Year, and marriages. The Appendix contains the following: 1. A collection of materials concerning the Yezidi belief and practice. 2. A poem in praise of Seih 'Adi. 3. The principal prayer of the Yezidis, in the Kurdish language. 4. A description of the Yezidi sacerdotal system. 5. A petition to the Ottoman government to exempt the sect from military service, presented in the year 1872 A. D. An analysis of the texts shows that the material is taken from different sources: part of it is clearly derived from the religious books of the sect; another part from a description of the beliefs and customs of the sect given by a member of it to an outsider; a third, partly from observations by an outsider, partly from stories

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about Yezidis current among their Christian neighbors. Unfortunately the compiler does not specify whence each particular part of his information is obtained. On closer examination it is evident that part, at least, of the Arabic in hand is a translation! from Syriac. See Notes 84, 36, 37, 45. The Yezidis, frequently called "Devil-Worshipers," are a small and obscure religious sect, numbering about 200,000.' They are scattered over a belt of territory three hundred miles wide, extending in length from the neighborhood of Aleppo in northern Syria to the Caucasus in southern Russia. The mass of them, however, are to be found in the mountains of northern and central Kurdistan and among the Sinjar Hills of northern Mesopotamia. By reason of their mysterious religion, the Devil-Worshipers have been an object of interest and investigation for several generations. Our chief first-hand sources of information in regard to the manners, customs, and practices of these people are : Sir Henry Layard, Nineveh and its Remains (1849), Nineveh and Babylon (1853) ; Gr. P. Badger, The Nestorians and their Rituals (1852) ; my honored teacher, Rev. A. N. Andrus, a veteran missionary of the A. B. C. F. M., resident in Mardin, Mesopotamia, " T h e Yezidis," in the Encyclopaedia of Missions; P. Anastase, "The Yezidis," in the Arabic periodical, Al-Masrik, Vol. I I ( 1 8 9 9 ) ; Professor A. Y. Williams Jackson, of Columbia University, Persia, Past and Present (1906) ; "The Yezidis," in the International Encyclopaedia, s. v.; also in J A OS, XXV, 178 ; M. N. Siouffi, " L e s Yezidis," in the Journal Asiatique, 1882 (vii e série, T. 20), p. 252, and 1885 (viii e série, T. 5), p. 78. Siouffi was the first to discover and establish the historical character of Seih 'Adî, about whom the scholars had been puzzled. He published an extract relating to 'Adî from Ibn Hallikân's Wafaiyât 'al-Ayân (bibliographical work). Of the second-hand sources of information may be mentioned Les Yezidis, by J . Menant (Paris, 1892), and the article by Victor Dingelstedt, "The Yezidis," in the Scottish Geographical Magazine, Vol. X I V , pp. 259 ff.4 In addition to these descriptions, several manuscripts have come to light of recent years which give a great deal of information about the beliefs and customs of the Yezidis.

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Two of these manuscripts are in the Bibliothèque Nationale, in P a r i s ( Fond Syriaque, Nos. 306 and 3 2 5 ) . A translation of the A r a b i c ( C a r s h u n i ) texts in these manuscripts relative to the Yezidis was published by Professor E. H. Browne in an appendix to O. H. P a r r y , Six Months in a Syrian Monastery, 1895. Professor Browne at that time proposed to edit the Arabic text (see J . - B . Chabot, Journal Asiatique, 1896, ix e série, T. 7, p. 1 0 0 ) ; but so f a r as I can ascertain this intention has not been carried out. The manuscript translated by Browne, which according to P a r r y ( loc. cit., p. 8 5 7 ) was written by a native of Mosul, seems to be closely related to that printed below. There are, however, some differences in contents and arrangement : my copy is divided into the Book of Revelation, the Black Book, and an Appendix; while Browne's embraces the Book of Revelation (which corresponds to that in my manuscript), and two other "Accounts," the greater part of which is contained in the Black Book of my text, and the rest in the Appendix. Further, in my manuscript A l-Jihvah immediately follows the Introduction ; while in Browne's the discussion of the sacerdotal system, the petition to the Ottoman government, and some other matters, are inserted between the Introduction and Al-Jilwah. I n Browne's, moreover, the Poem in Praise of iâeih 'Adî, and the Principal P r a y e r (in Kurd i s h ) are absent, while the petition to the Turkish government is briefer, and lacks articles iv and xiv. The text of this petition, in its original form, was published b y Lidzbarski in ZDMG, L I , 592 ff., after a manuscript in Berlin which was procured from Ôammas Eremia Samir. Two S y r i a c texts have also been printed. The first, edited and translated by J . - B . Chabot in the Journal Asiatique, 1896 ( i x e série, T. 7 ) , p. 100 ff., from the P a r i s manuscripts referred to above, corresponds, with slight variations, to the second "Account," of Browne ( P a r r y , loc. cit., pp. 3 8 0 - 8 7 ) . The second was published with an Italian translation, by Samuel Giamil, under the title, Monte Singar; Storia di un Popolo Ignoto (Rome, 1 9 0 0 ) , from a manuscript copied for him in 1899 from an original in the monastery of Rabban Hormizd. The author of this work, a S y r i a n priest, Isaac, lived for a long

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time among the Yezidis, and not only had unusual opportunities of observation, but, as is evident from several anecdotes, possessed their confidence and esteem in a singular degree. His work is in catechetical form: a youthful Yezidi inquirer questions a teacher about the beliefs, traditions, and customs of his people, and the answers contain the fullest exposition of these matters we at present possess. Occasionally the author falls out of his role, and lets it appear that the questioner is no other than Priest Isaac himself. The work is divided into ten sections, which treat respectively of the works of God and his abode (p. 3 ) ; the creation of Adam and Eve (p. 8 ) ; the wonderful deeds of the god Yezid (p. 1 6 ) ; the Yezidi saints (p. 2 7 ) ; the New-Year (p. 3 2 ) ; marriage customs (p. 4 6 ) ; death and burial (p. 5 3 ) ; the pilgrimage to §ei& 'Adi's shrine (p. 6 7 ) ; the festivals and assemblies at Seib. 'Adi (p. 8 0 ) ; and the Yezidi kings (p. 87). Apart from the Kitdb al-Jihvah, Priest Isaac's work is clearly the source from which is derived most of the material in the Syriac and Arabic manuscripts that have hitherto come to light. Beside the Arabic manuscript from Daud as-S&ig which is printed below, I have in my possession two others, which were sent me by the Rev. A. N. Andrus. The first of these written by Sammas Eremia Samir (designated in the notes hereafter as S S ) , seems to be a duplicate of that from which Browne's translation was made. They agree in contents and arrangement, and in certain readings in which they differ from the other texts; see Notes 34, 35, 36, 44, 45, 46 below. At the close of S S the writer says that he compiled it (chiefly from Al-Jilwah) for the benefit of some of his friends who wished to acquaint themselves with the Yezidi religion. The second manuscript is an Arabic translation of Priest Isaac's work, preserving the catechetical form. My copy lacks the first section; elsewhere it differs but slightly from the Syriac text published by Giamil. The origin of the Yezidi sect has been the subject of much discussion, but no satisfactory solution of the problem has as yet been reached. There are those who assert that the Yezidis are

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the remains of the ancient Manichaeans; 5 others entertain the view that the Yezidis were originally Christians, whom progressive ignorance has brought into their present condition 6 —some even going so far as to connect the name "Yezidi" with " J e s u s " ! 7 Some think that the Yezidi sect takes its name from the Persian word yazd, 'god, or good spirit,' over against Ahriman, the evil principle; 8 while others associate it with Yazd or Tezid, a town in central Persia the inhabitants of which are chiefly Parsees.9 Some finally maintain that the sect was founded by Seih 'Adi.10 The Yezidis themselves had a curious legend connecting the name with the Caliph Yezid bn Mu'awiya" (see below, p. 128). In a dissertation presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Harvard University I called attention to a statement of as-Sahrast&ni the importance of which seems hitherto not to have been appreciated, but which appears to me to give the most probable explanation of the name and of the original affinities of the sect. The passage is as follows (Kitah al Milal wan-Nihal, ed. Cureton, I, 1 0 1 ) : The Yezidis are the followers of Yezid bn Unaisa, who kept friendship with the first Muhakkama, before the Azarika; he separated himself from those who followed after them with the exception of the Abadiyah,12 for with these he kept friendly. He believed that God would send an apostle from among the Persians, and would reveal to him a book that is already written in heaven, and would reveal the whole (book) to him at one time,13 and as a result he would leave the religion of Mohammed, the Chosen One—may God bless and save him!—and follow the religion of the Sabians mentioned in the Koran.u (These are not the Sabians who are found in Haran and Wasit.15) But Yezid associated himself with the people of the Book who recognized the Chosen One as a prophet, even though they did not accept his (Mohammed's) religion. And he said that the followers of the ordinances are among those who agree with him; but that others are hiding the truth (^1JS') and give companions to God (¡^•S'jMjc), and that every sin, small or great, is idolatry.16 The statement of As-Sahrast&ni is so clear that it can bear no other interpretation than that the Yezidis were the followers of Yezid bn Unaisa. He calls them his 'ashtib, that is, his followers, a term by which he designates the relation between a sect and its founder.17 The statement comes from the pen of one who is

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considered of the highest authority among the Arab scholars on questions relating to philosophical and religious sects.18 This precise definition of the position of Yezid bn Unaisa in the sectarian conflicts of the first century of Islam seems to show that he had exact information about him. The prediction about the Persian prophet is quoted, almost in the same words, by another great Mohammedan authority on religious sects, Ibn IJazm, who lived a century before As-Sahrastani.

(The

Egyptian edition of Ibn IJazm, Vol. I Y , p. 188, reads Zaid bn A b i Ubaisa;

but that Unaisa should be restored is evident from the

fact that Ibn IJazm is at pains to distinguish the author of this unorthodox prediction from the well-known traditionist of that name—e. g., Tabari, I, 135.19

The confusion of

—aLwuot

is easy: the Yale manuscript of Ibn JJazm leaves the ambiguous consonant unpointed.20) The prophecy was perhaps preserved among the leaders of the Abadiya, with which sect Yezid bn Unaisa is associated.

As-Sah-

rastani's statement, the significant part of which we have found also in Ibn lELazm, was doubtless derived from an older written source. W h o is intended by the coming Persian prophet—if, indeed, any particular individual is meant—it is not possible to determine. Kremer 21 cannot be right in identifying him with i-5eih "Adl, for the supposed prediction was in circulation a century or more before his time.

H e is said to have been, not a Persian, but a Syrian

from Baalbek or elsewhere in the West; and both in Arabic authors22 and in his own writings 23 he appears as a Moslem, a Sufi saint in good standing.

The Yezidis to this day await the appear-

ance of the Persian prophet.24 On the basis of these scanty bits of fact, it appears that: The Yezidis were originally a Harijite"" sub-sect, akin to the Abadiya, bearing the name of their founder, Yezid bn Unaisa.

Certain dis-

tinctive Harijite peculiarities seem indeed to have outlived among them the common faith of Islam; such as the tolerant judgment of Jews and Christians; the condemnation of every sin as implicit idolatry.

I n their new seats in Kurdistan, whither they migrated

about the end of the fourteenth century,20 they were drawn into

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the movement of which Seih 'Adi was in his life time the leader and after his death the saint, and ended by making of him the incarnation of God in the present age.27 With this they joined elements drawn from Christianity, 28 with here and there a trace of Judaism, and with large survivals of the persistent old Semitic heathenism, many of which they share with their neighbors of all creeds. Difficult problems,29 however, remain unsolved, especially the origin and nature of the worship of Melek Ta'us.30 The certain thing is that the actual religion of the Yezidis is a syncretism, to which Moslem, Christian (heretical, rather than orthodox), pagan, and perhaps also Persian religions have contributed. 31 Some of those to whom I am much indebted for useful suggestions and valuable assistance in bringing out the facts that I have stated above are my most honored and respected teachers, Professors Charles A. Briggs and Francis Brown of Union Theological Seminary, and Professors Crawford H. Toy and George F. Moore of Harvard University. I am under especial obligations to Professor George F. Moore for directing me in my work and assisting me in the preparation of this manuscript for publication.

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