lineage group Qatani Religion Yazidi | Name Tahseen Said Role Political leader | |
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Thousands receive body of Yazidi leader
Tahseen Said (born c. 1933) (or Tahsin Beg Saied (Kurdish: Mîr Tehsîn Seîd Beg)) is the current hereditary leader (Mīr, or prince) of the Yazidi people. He is also the head of the Yazidi Supreme Spiritual Council and represents the Yazidis in all matters in respect of states and tribes. Although the historic base of the family is Ba'adra, Tahseen Said currently lives in the district capital, Ain Sifni.
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The Office of Mīr is hereditary and is transmitted from father to son, and Tahseen Said is the successor of his father Saied Beg, who died in 1944. He has a son named Hazim Tahsin Said.
Life
He traveled in 1975 after the Algiers Agreement led to the crushing of the Kurds' resistance. During the 1991-2003 existence of the Kurdish Autonomous Region he served as sub-ruler of the Yezidis in that territory. Mir Tahseen survived an assassination attempt in 2004. On August 4, 2014, he issued a plea to world leaders, concerning the plight of the Yazidi being attacked by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
