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, Ottoman Empire
- died 1957/1958, Shangal, Kingdom of Iraq
) — Yazidi princess, a regent
of Yezidi emirate Sheikhan
in 1913-1958/1957. Mayan was a daughter of wellknown Yezidi prince Abdi Beg. She was wife of Mir Ali Beg, mother of Mir Sa'id Beg and a grandmother of Mir Tahsin Beg.
Ba'adra
Ba'adra, also rendered Baadre,Badra and Bathra, , is a town located in the Shekhan District of the Ninawa Governorate in northern Iraq. Ba'adra's residents are mostly Yazidis with a small Assyrian Christian minority....
, Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
- died 1957/1958, Shangal, Kingdom of Iraq
Kingdom of Iraq
The Kingdom of Iraq was the sovereign state of Iraq during and after the British Mandate of Mesopotamia. The League of Nations mandate started in 1920. The kingdom began in August 1921 with the coronation of Faisal bin al-Hussein bin Ali al-Hashemi as King Faisal I...
) — Yazidi princess, a regent
Regent
A regent, from the Latin regens "one who reigns", is a person selected to act as head of state because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated. Currently there are only two ruling Regencies in the world, sovereign Liechtenstein and the Malaysian constitutive state of Terengganu...
of Yezidi emirate Sheikhan
Sheikhan
Sheikhan City is situated in District Chiniot in Punjab province of Pakistan.-Southern side:The village Sheikhan is situated in some distance about 2.5 km from the right bank of river Chenab in Utar region which flows in south east of village...
in 1913-1958/1957. Mayan was a daughter of wellknown Yezidi prince Abdi Beg. She was wife of Mir Ali Beg, mother of Mir Sa'id Beg and a grandmother of Mir Tahsin Beg.