Khurto Hajji Ismail
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Khurto Hajji Ismail or Babe Şêx (1933 – 1 October 2020,[1][2] Kurdish: Xurto Hecî Îsmaîl) was the religious leader of the Yazidi community of Iraq. He held this position from 2007 to 2020. He lived in Ain Sifni, Iraq.[3]
He died on 1 October 2020 in a hospital in Erbil from heart and kidney failure, aged 87.[4]
References
- ↑ "Babe Şêx koça dawî kir" (in kurdî). 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ↑ "نادیە موراد: بابەشێخ بەچاوی رێز و خۆشەویستییەوە مامەڵەی لەگەڵ رزگاربووانی ئێزدی دەکرد" (in ku). Rûdaw. 1 October 2020. https://www.rudaw.net/sorani/kurdistan/0110202019?ID=539410#Article539410. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ↑ What you did not know about Iraq's Yazidi minority. Al Arabiya. August 11, 2014. http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/alarabiya-studies/2014/08/11/What-you-did-not-know-about-Iraq-s-Yazidi-minority-.html. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ↑ "Yezidi spiritual leader dies at 87". Rudaw. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.