CONTENTS
| II. | The Essential Elements in Yezidism | 145 | ||
| I. | The Yezidi View of God | 145 | ||
| II. | The Deity of the Second Degree | 147 | ||
| 1. | Melek Ṭâ’ûs | 147 | ||
| 2. | Šeiḫ ‘Adi | 158 | ||
| 3. | Yezid | 166 | ||
| Notes on Chapter II. | 167 | |||
| III. | Other Deities and Festivals | 169 | ||
| I. | The So-Called Seven Divinities | 169 | ||
| II. | The Day of Sarsal or New Year | 174 | ||
| Notes on Chapter III. | 177 | |||
| IV. | Sacraments, Religious Observances and Sacerdotal System | 178 | ||
| I. | Sacraments | 178 | ||
| II. | Some Other Religious Practices | 180 | ||
| III. | The Sacerdotal Orders | 182 | ||
| Notes on Chapter IV. | 185 | |||
| V. | Their Customs | 186 | ||
| I. | Marriage | 186 | ||
| II. | Funerals | 192 | ||
| III. | Nationality | 194 | ||
| IV. | Locality | 195 | ||
| V. | Dwellings | 197 | ||
| VI. | The Language | 198 | ||
| VII. | Occupation | 198 | ||
| Notes on Chapter V. | 200 | |||
| VI. | List of the Yezidi Tribes | 201 | ||
| The Tribes Across the River from Mosul | 201 | |||
| The Tribes at Sinjar and Jezireh | 202 | |||
| The Tribes of Midyat Region | 203 | |||
| VII. | Persecution | 205 | ||
| Notes on Chapter VII. | 210 | |||
| Bibliography | 213 | |||
| Index | 219 | |||
