Dasini ( ; ) or Daseni, Tasini, Dasiki, is a Kurdish Yazidi tribe and ethnonym of Yazidis. The tribe resided near Mosul, Duhok, Sheikhan, Sinjar and all the way to the west bank of Greater Zab river.M. Th. Houtsma, 1993, E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936: Volume 8 - Page 1164, BrillAli, Majid Hassan (1 November 2019). "Genocidal Campaigns during the Ottoman Era: The Firmān of Mīr-i-Kura against the Yazidi Religious Minority in 1832–1834". Genocide Studies International. 13 (1): 77–91. doi:10.3138/gsi.13.1.05. ISSN 2291-1847. S2CID 208688229.Ghalib, Sabah Abdullah (13 October 2011). The Emergence of Kurdism with Special Reference to the Three Kurdish Emirates within the Ottoman Empire 1800-1850 (PhD thesis). pp. 52–53. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021.
There was also present of Daseni tribe in Homs Governorate, Syria. They were called Akrād Al-Daseniya "Daseni Kurds", who still spoke Kurdish for generations.
Name The Yazidis call themselves Dāsin, Dasnī, Dasenī, plurally as Dawāsīn, Duāsin, Dawāšim, the origin of the name probably comes from an old Nestorian diocese. Yazidis are called Dasnāyē or Dasnîyê in Syriac. The name of Dâsin (plur. Dawâsin) itself is derived from old Iranic language *daêvaysna which means "Daeva worshippers".
Sharafkhan Bidlisi called them as Akrad-e Yezidi and Kurdi-ye raddi-ye Yezidi, which means "Yazidi Kurds".
History Origins According to 14th century historian, Ibn Fadlallah, the Daseni tribe were a branch of Bokhti Kurdish tribe.
The Dasini adhered to Adawiyya, the predecessor of Yazidism.The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and Their Spirit World, Garnik S. Asatrian, Victoria Arakelova, 2014, pp. 48 In 906, the Dasinis rebelled against the Hamdanid rule. Establishing the Shaykhan principality, centered in Sheikhan. Dasini are mentioned by yaqut al-hamawi as residing in "Jabal Dasin". in 14th century, it was recorded by al-'Umari that Akre was resided by Dasinis. in 15th century, The Daseni were Attacked by the Bahdinan Emirate.James, B. “Le « territoire tribal des Kurdes » et l’Aire Iraqienne (Xe-XIIIe Siècles): Esquisse des Recompositions Spatiales.” Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée 117-118 (2007).101-126.
Notable people Davud Hussein Beg-i Dasini (c.1556), governor of Takrit Ezidi Mirza (1600–1651), Beylerbey of Mosul
See also List of Kurdish dynasties and countries Yazidis Kurdish tribes Kilis Emirate Sheikhan principality
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