NOTES ON THE INTRODUCTION
[1] Al-Jilwah is said to have been written in 558 A. H., by Šeiḫ Faḫr-ad-Dîn, the secretary of Šeiḫ ‘Adî, at the dictation of the latter. The original copy, wrapped in linen and silk wrappings, is kept in the house of Mulla Ḥaidar, of Baadrie. Twice a year the book is taken to Šeiḫ ‘Adî’s shrine. (Letter from Šammas Jeremia Šamir to Mr. A. N. Andrus, of Mardin, dated October 28, 1892.)
[2] The Black Book is said to have been written by a certain Ḥasan al-Baṣrî, in 743 A. H. The original copy is kept in the house of Kehyah (chief) ‘Ali, of Kasr ‘Az-ad-Dîn, one hour west of Semale, a village east of Tigris. The book rests upon a throne, having over it a thin covering of red broadcloth, of linen, and other wrappings. Then is disclosed the binding, which is of wood.
[3] The exact number of the Yezidis is unknown. See also Société de Géographie de l’Est, Bulletin, 1903, p. 284; Al Mašriḳ, II, 834.
[4] For a fuller account of the literature on the Yezidis, consult J. Menant, Les Yézidis, and Paul Perdrizet, Société de Géographie de l’Est, Bulletin, 1903, pp. 281 ff.
[5] Société de Géographie de l’Est, Bulletin, 1903, p. 297.
[6] Fraser, Mesopotamia and Persia, pp. 285, 287; Rich, Residence in Kurdistan, II, 69; Al Mašriḳ, II, 396; Badger, The Nestorians and their Rituals, I, 111; Assemani, Bibliotheca Orientalis, III, 439.
[7] Michel Febvre, Theatre de la Turquie, p. 364; Société de Géographie de l‘Est, Bulletin, 1903, pp. 299, 301; cf. also J. Menant, Les Yézidis, pp. 52, 86, 132.
[8] Oppenheim, Vom Mittelmeer zum persischen Golf, 1900, II, 148; Victor Dingelstedt, Scottish Geographical Magazine, XIV, 295; Southgate, A Tour through Armenia, II, 317; A. V. Williams Jackson, “Yezidis,” in the New International Encyclopedia, XVII, 939; Perdrizet, loc. cit., p. 299.