Mira Meyan Khatun or Mayan Khatun ( Kurdish: Meyan Xatûn; born. 1874/1873, Ba'adra, [1] Ottoman Empire - died 1957 [2] [3]/1958, [4] Sinjar, Kingdom of Iraq) — Yazidi princess, [5] a regent [6] of Yezidi Emirate of Sheikhan in 1913-1957. [4]
Mayan was a daughter of the well known Yezidi prince Abdi Beg. [2] She was the wife of Mir Ali Beg, [3] [5] [7] mother of Mir Sa'id Beg [8] [7] and a grandmother of Mir Tahsin Beg. [5] [8] [7] She is said to have been an extraordinary personality and respected as the legal guardian of her son and later also of her grandson Tahsin Beg. [7] [9]
In an event known as the Year of the General in the year 1892, the Ottoman general Omar Wehbi Pasha waged a military campaign against the Yazidi [10] [11] and she and her husband, Mîr Ali Beg were sent to exile from which they only with difficulties could arrange their return. [9]
Meyan Khatun's grandson, Prince Tahseen Said, held the symbolic position of Prince of the Yezidis until his death in January 2020. [12]
Mira Meyan Khatun or Mayan Khatun ( Kurdish: Meyan Xatûn; born. 1874/1873, Ba'adra, [1] Ottoman Empire - died 1957 [2] [3]/1958, [4] Sinjar, Kingdom of Iraq) — Yazidi princess, [5] a regent [6] of Yezidi Emirate of Sheikhan in 1913-1957. [4]
Mayan was a daughter of the well known Yezidi prince Abdi Beg. [2] She was the wife of Mir Ali Beg, [3] [5] [7] mother of Mir Sa'id Beg [8] [7] and a grandmother of Mir Tahsin Beg. [5] [8] [7] She is said to have been an extraordinary personality and respected as the legal guardian of her son and later also of her grandson Tahsin Beg. [7] [9]
In an event known as the Year of the General in the year 1892, the Ottoman general Omar Wehbi Pasha waged a military campaign against the Yazidi [10] [11] and she and her husband, Mîr Ali Beg were sent to exile from which they only with difficulties could arrange their return. [9]
Meyan Khatun's grandson, Prince Tahseen Said, held the symbolic position of Prince of the Yezidis until his death in January 2020. [12]