It has been estimated that 23 million Yazidis have been killed by Islamic extremist groups during the past several decades.
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
The population continues to decrease. Just 200 yrs ago, it was 2M & it is now estimated to be less than a million worldwide
History timeline of genocides👇 pic.twitter.com/a4zttDT6Do
▪️ Islamic terrorists started a series of genocidal campaign against the Yazidis in 630 AD by killing and abducting many.
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️ Islamic terrorists incited a major war against the Yezidis in 637 AD.#YazidiGenocide pic.twitter.com/ZHm6i1rhyD
▪️980-81 AD. Islamic #Kurdish armies surrounded the #Yezidis living in the Hakkar region. They promised the Yezidis mercy if they surrendered to them but failed to keep their promise. Instead, most of the Yezidis were massacred. Those who survived were forced to convert to Islam. pic.twitter.com/h5U0tnAkUA
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1107 AD About 50,000 Yezidi families were destroyed during a period of Moslem expansionism
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1218, The Mongols under the leadership of Hulagu Khan reached the Yezidis & slaughtered many of them,but the Mongols met strong resistance from the Yezidi warriors& eventually retreated pic.twitter.com/Q7idzMb6rs
▪️1245-52 AD. Hulagu Khan’s armies resumed their battle against the Yezidis and slaughtered thousands of them.#YazidiGenocide pic.twitter.com/pjxBGWhKH4
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1254 AD A conflict occurred between the Moslem Bader al-Din Lolo, the “Mayor of Mosul,” and a Yezidi leader named Sheikh Hassan. Bader al-Din’s men captured Sheikh Hassan, executed him, and then hung his naked body on a Mosul gate where it could be seen by many other Yezidis.++ pic.twitter.com/Aqh5mJDNrz
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
This event led to a war which the #Yezidis lost, forcing them to flee to the mountains and leave behind their lands, villages, and temples. Everything the Yezidis left behind was destroyed. Even their most sacred shrine at Lalish was desecrated.#YazidiGenocide pic.twitter.com/zWmdFil75T
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1414 AD. A Persian leader named Jalal al-Din Mohammed bin izidin yousif al-Halawani led an armed force against the Yezidis who were living in the Hakkar Mountains. His raid was supported by #Kurds in the area.++#Yazidis #Yezidis pic.twitter.com/zWenCN8GxG
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
Most of the Yezidis descended from Sheikh Adi’s followers were killed, and the remaining bones of Sheikh Adi were taken from his tomb and burned in front of Yezidi hostages.#YazidiPlight #YazidiWomen pic.twitter.com/11fgrty737
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1585 AD. A #Kurdish leader named Ali Saidi Beg from Botan province attacked #Yezidis living in #Sinjar and killed more than 600 of them. The Yezidi women were abducted and raped by the conquerors in front of the Yezidis’ captured soldiers pic.twitter.com/zfWH4rQxRo
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1640-41 AD #Yezidi villages near #Mosul were looted and other Yezidi villages were attacked by Ahmed Pasha, a Turkish Moslem #Ottoman governor, along with 70,000 armed soldiers. Hundreds of thousands of Yezidis were killed. pic.twitter.com/YryQsgkos4
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1640 AD, 40,000 #Ottoman soldiers attacked Yazidi communities around Mount #Sinjar, killing 3,060 Yazidis during battle, then raiding and setting fire to 300 #Yazidi villages and murdering 1,000–2,000 Yazidis who had taken refuge in caves around the town of #Sinjar. pic.twitter.com/QE1VttAtB6
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1648 AD The #Yezidi Sheikh Merza revolted against the #Ottomans controlling #Mosul who had previously beheaded his two brothers. The Ottoman general Shamsi Pasha was then summoned from #Turkey to attack the Yezidis. Many Yezidis lost their lives and Sheikh Merza was beheaded. pic.twitter.com/rv5y2a62vU
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1715 AD Hassan Pasha,the #Ottoman governor of #Baghdad, attacked the Yezidis with a huge army in order to punish them.Those Yezidis who were not killed were forced to flee into #Syria. Pasha made an alliance with the local #Arabs&then continued to attack the Yezidi unmercifully pic.twitter.com/UHb6x0digl
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1733 AD The #Ottoman Ahmed Pasha destroyed the Yezidi villages in the Zab river area and committed mass killings. This raid was followed by one under the leadership of Hussein Pasha that completely destroyed the Yezidi villages and forced 3000 #Yezidis to convert to #Islam. pic.twitter.com/fYLadJg2AP
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1743 AD The Persian leader Nadir Shah guided his troops into #Yezidi territory near the Zab River, about 30 kms west of #Mosul. They looted the villages and captured most of the Yezidis as hostages. Those that refused to obey were instantly killed. pic.twitter.com/ZBvsgyW1ty
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1752 AD An Ottoman pasha named Sulaiman Pasha attacked the Yezidis in #Sinjar. His campaign of killing and looting lasted two years. Three thousand Yezidis were killed and 500 women were taken as hostages.#YazidiGenocide pic.twitter.com/bWWXvwgyBq
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1767 AD An #Ottoman pasha and mayor of #Mosul, Amin Pasha, had his son lead troops against the Yezidis living in Sinjar. He demanded the #Yezidis to bring him 1000 sheep. When they brought only 800 he ordered his men to slay a large number of Yezidis. pic.twitter.com/eP4MB51HQF
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1771 AD Bedagh Beg, one of the #Yezidi leaders from #Sheikhan, revolted against the Ottoman mayor of #Mosul because he sought to convert the Yezidis to Islam. The Mosul Mayor allied with Bairam Beg, a Moslem #Kurdish leader, to kill Bedagh Beg and most of his men. pic.twitter.com/WyXkCxoXkb
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1774 AD The #Ottoman Mayor of #Mosul, Sulaiman Oash, attacked the #Yezidis in the Sinjar area. The Yezidi villages were looted and destroyed. pic.twitter.com/JRpiwvk2gK
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1779 AD The Ottoman Mayor of #Mosul sent more military units into Yezidi territory of Sinjar. They looted and destroyed the villages and killed many Yezidi.#YezidiGenocide pic.twitter.com/ngCXEYC7WF
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1785 AD The Ottoman Mayor of Mosul, Abdel Bagi, attacked the #Yezidis in #Sinjar to punish them. The Moslem soldiers were at first defeated, but then they allied with some Arab forces and routed the Yezidis. pic.twitter.com/PugoHyaJqy
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
1786-87 AD. #Yezidi ruler Cholo Beg and his forces went to war with the Moslem #Kurdish leader of Imadiyah. Cholo Beg lost the battle and many Yezidis were killed. pic.twitter.com/UgWohygrdr
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1789-90 AD Ismael Beg, the Prince of Imadiyah, killed Cholo Beg and replaced him on the Yezidi throne with one of his relatives, Khanger Beg. When Khanger Beg retired soon afterwards, Hassan Beg, the son of Cholo Beg, was crowned in his stead.++ pic.twitter.com/FUBPDxUIzo
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
Hassan continued the rebellion of his father by revolting against the Imadiyah Prince Kifbad, during which soldiers from both sides were killed in great numbers.#EzidiGenocide pic.twitter.com/R8wLBomyRT
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1792-93 AD The Ottoman Mayor of Mosul, Mohammed Pasha Al-Jalili, destroyed & burned 8 Yezidi villages in the Sinjar area.
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1794 AD The Ottoman Mayor of Mosul resumed the attack on a village in Sinjar called Mehrcan to punish the Yezidis. But he failed & lost the ensuing battle pic.twitter.com/iKemXEVDQh
▪️1795 The Ottomans sent Sulaiman Pasha to Sinjar with the help of Kurd Prince Abdullah Beg Kahin&the Abdulrahman Pasha Prince of the Sulaimania Kurdish gov, he looted,incinerated&completely destroyed the Yezidi villages.He abducted&kidnapped 60 Yezidi women& 650 domestic animals pic.twitter.com/InD4OByCmP
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1799-1800 AD The Mayor of #Baghdad, Abdul Aziz Beg Al-Shawi, destroyed 25 #Yezidi villages in the Sheikhan region. Both women and children were abducted and 45 Yezidis were executed. Their heads were then brought to Baghdad as symbols of victory. pic.twitter.com/uas05MOWfj
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1802-3 AD The Mayor of Mosul, Ali Pasha, brought the administration of the Yezidis in the Sinjar region under his strict control. In doing so he found it necessary to attack some rebellious Yezidis from the north while overseeing an Arab raid on them from the south.++ pic.twitter.com/5gGJyhGwqG
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
The attack lasted 4 several months, during which several Yezidi villages were razed. The surviving Yezidis agreed 2 accept the rule of Ali Pasha even though they were forced 2 convert to Islam. When more Yezidis rebelled in 1807 the battle was resumed & 50 villages were destroyed pic.twitter.com/IqmzUzOsz7
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1805 AD. The #Ottoman ruler of #Mosul Muhammad Pasha al-Jalili started several military campaigns against #Yazidis in #Sheikhan and #Sinjar. The campaigns continued continuously until the beginning of 1920. pic.twitter.com/fcylPOgalV
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1807 AD. Yezidis rebelled against the Mayor of #Mosul Ali Pasha in which he destroyed their 50 #Yezidi villages.
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
▪️1809-10 AD. The #Ottoman Mayor of #Baghdad attacked and looted the Yezidis in #Sinjar, Mehrkan and other Yezidi villages. Many Yezidis lost their lives. pic.twitter.com/1ueye3Yfxn
It has been estimated that 23 million Yazidis have been killed by Islamic extremist groups during the past several decades.
— Yazidi الايزيدية (@Ezidi2) December 21, 2019
The population continues to decrease. Just 200 yrs ago, it was 2M & it is now estimated to be less than a million worldwide
History timeline of genocides👇 pic.twitter.com/a4zttDT6Do
