Article
The Migration of Ottoman Yazidis to South Caucasus
Journal of Oriental Scientific Research (JOSR) · 16/1
Dicle University · Faculty of Theology
Prof. Dr. Metin Bozan
Department of History of Islamic Sects
I work on the history of Islamic sects, with research concentrated on Shiʿism and the theory of the imamate, and on Yezidism. All of my articles are collected here with full citations and previews.
Research Areas
Shiʿism and the Imamate
The formation of Imāmiyya Shiʿism, the emergence of the doctrine of the infallible imam, and the place of the imamate in theo-political discourse.
Yezidism
The transformation of the perception of Shaykh ʿAdī b. Musāfir, debates on the religious status of the Yazidis, and migration to the South Caucasus.
History of Islamic Sects
The conjunctural reconstruction of historical events, sacred places and collective memory.
Writing
View all →Three Layers of the Shaykh ʿAdī Figure
A single historical person becomes three different men across three bodies of sources. Reading Yezidi history without separating these layers is not possible.