Ain Sifni

Ain Sifni (Arabic: عين سفني, Kurdish: ئێسفنێ, romanized: Êsivnê, Syriac: ܥܝܢ ܣܦܢ̈ܐ, romanized: ʿAïn Sappāné) also known as Shekhan (Kurdish: شێخان, romanized: Şêxan), is a town and subdistrict in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. It is located in the Shekhan District in the Nineveh Plains. Ain Sifni is largely populated by Yazidis, most of whom speak Kurmanji Kurdish.

In the town, there is a Chaldean Catholic church of Mar Yousif, and a church of Mar Gewargis of the Ancient Church of the East. There are also seven Yazidi religious monuments, including mausoleums of Sheikh ‘Alî Chamse and Sheikh Hantuch, and shrines of Sheikh Adi, Nishingaha Peroz, and Sheikh Mushelleh.