Yarsanism
Sign in to saveYarsanism (), Ahl-e Haqq (; ), or '''Kaka'i''', is an inherited, syncretic religion founded by Sultan Sahak in the late 14th century in western Iran. The total number of followers of Yarsanism is estimated to be over half a million to one million in Iran. However, according to one source, there are as many as 3 million followers in Iran. The numbers in Iraq are unknown. However, according to one source there are 120 to 150 thousand followers in Iraq. The adherents are mostly Kurds, as well as some Shabaks, Laks, and Lurs.
Key facts
- Religion.name
- Yarsanism
- Religion.image
- File:Views around the Kakaii shrine of Shah Hayas in the village Wardik, with a jamkhana, cemetery, and auxiliary shrines attached 24.jpg
- Religion.imagewidth
- 250
- Religion.caption
- Yarsan shrine of Shah Hayas in the village of Wardik near Mosul in Iraq
- Religion.type
- Ethnic religion
- Religion.main_classification
- Iranian, Abrahamic
- Religion.scripture
- Kalâm-e Saranjâm
- Religion.theology
- Syncretic
- Religion.area
- Iraqi Kurdistan, Iranian Kurdistan
- Religion.language
- Kurdish languages, Gorani, South Azerbaijani
- Religion.founder
- Sultan Sahak
- Religion.founded_date
- late 14th century
- Religion.founded_place
- Western Iran
- Religion.members
- 500,000 to 1,000,000 (in Iran)
- Religion.other_names
- Ahl-e Haqq, ''Kaka'i''
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Beliefs
- Divine manifestations
- Haft Tan or seven persons
- Holy texts
- Sacred sites
- Demographics
- Organisation
- Khandans or spiritual houses
- Relationship with other religious groups
- Relations with Islam
- Persecution
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Yarsanism (), Ahl-e Haqq (; ), or '''Kaka'i', is an inherited, syncretic religion founded by Sultan Sahak in the late 14th century in western Iran. The total number of followers of Yarsanism is estimated to be over half a million to one million in Iran. However, according to one source, there are as many as 3 million followers in Iran. The numbers in Iraq are unknown. However, according to one source there are 120 to 150 thousand followers in Iraq. The adherents are mostly Kurds, as well as some Shabaks, Laks, and Lurs.
Some Yarsanis in Iraq are called Kaka'i. Yarsanis say that some people call them disparagingly as "Ali Allahi" or "worshipers of Ali", labels which Yarsanis deny. As such, many Yarsanis hide their religious identity, and there are no exact statistics of their population.