Sultan Ezid
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Sultan Êzîd | |
| Other names | Sultan Êzî |
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Sultan Êzîd (or sometimes Êzî or Siltan Êzîd) is a divine figure in the Yazidi religion. Although many scholars consider his name to be derived from that of the second Umayyad caliph Yazid I, Yazidis consider him to be a separate figure unconnected to the historical Yazid I. Yazidis typically consider him to be part of a triad of divine emanations of God (which are, in order, Melek Tawus, Sheikh Adi, and Sultan Ezid), though he is sometimes also considered to be identical with the angel Melek Tawus, and thus a manifestation or emanation of God.
The Yazidi people and religion are named after him.