{{short description|Yazidi Kurdish tribe}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Kurds}} '''Dasini''' ({{langx|ar|الداسنية}} {{transliteration|ar|al-Dāsinīyya}}; {{Langx|ku|داسنی}} {{lang|ku-Latn|Dasnî}}) or '''Daseni''', '''Tasini''', '''Dasiki''', is a Kurdish Yazidi tribe<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Bocheńska |first=Joanna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fPZ0DwAAQBAJ&dq=daseni&pg=PA264 |title=Rediscovering Kurdistan's Cultures and Identities: The Call of the Cricket |date=2018 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-93088-6 |pages=264 |language=en}}</ref> and ethnonym of Yazidis. The tribe resided near Mosul, Duhok, Sheikhan, Sinjar and all the way to the west bank of Greater Zab river.<ref name=":0">M. Th. Houtsma, 1993, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ro--tXw_hxMC&dq=dasini+Kurdish+tribe&pg=PA1164 E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936]: Volume 8 - Page 1164, Brill</ref><ref name=":1">Ali, Majid Hassan (1 November 2019). [https://utpjournals.press/doi/10.3138/gsi.13.1.05 "Genocidal Campaigns during the Ottoman Era: The Firmān of Mīr-i-Kura against the Yazidi Religious Minority in 1832–1834"]. Genocide Studies International. 13 (1): 77–91. doi:10.3138/gsi.13.1.05. ISSN 2291-1847. S2CID 208688229.</ref><ref name=":2">Ghalib, Sabah Abdullah (13 October 2011). [https://web.archive.org/web/20210728185351/https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/handle/10036/3676 The Emergence of Kurdism with Special Reference to the Three Kurdish Emirates within the Ottoman Empire] 1800-1850 (PhD thesis). pp. 52–53. Archived from [https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/handle/10036/3676 the original] on 28 July 2021.</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Grant |first=Asahel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rWFTAAAAcAAJ&dq=daseni&pg=PA321 |title=The Nestorians Or, the Lost Tribes. Containing Evidence of Their Identity, an Account of Their Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies (etc.) |date=1841 |publisher=John Murray |pages=320 |language=en}}</ref>
There was also present of Daseni tribe in Homs Governorate, Syria. They were called Akrād Al-Daseniya "Daseni Kurds", who still spoke Kurdish for generations.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Suliman |first=Mohammad |date=2022-01-01 |title=Yazidis in Syria: Decades of Denial of Existence and Discrimination |url=https://www.academia.edu/87890417/Yazidis_in_Syria_Decades_of_Denial_of_Existence_and_Discrimination |journal=Syrians for Truth and Justice |pages=39}}</ref>
==Name== The Yazidis call themselves Dāsin, Dasnī, Dasenī, plurally as Dawāsīn, Duāsin, Dawāšim, the origin of the name probably comes from an old Nestorian diocese. Yazidis are called Dasnāyē or Dasnîyê in Syriac.<ref name=":0" /> The name of Dâsin (plur. Dawâsin) itself is derived from old Iranic language *daêvaysna which means "Daeva worshippers".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Colpe |first=Carsten |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c3V-T69h42wC&dq=da%C3%AAvaysna&pg=PA672 |title=Iranier - Aramäer - Hebräer - Hellenen: iranische Religionen und ihre Westbeziehungen; Einzelstudien und Versuch einer Zusammenschau |date=2003 |publisher=Mohr Siebeck |isbn=978-3-16-147800-0 |pages=672 |language=de}}</ref>
Sharafkhan Bidlisi called them as Akrad-e Yezidi and Kurdi-ye raddi-ye Yezidi, which means "Yazidi Kurds".<ref name=":4" />
==History== ===Origins=== According to 14th century historian, Ibn Fadlallah, the Daseni tribe were a branch of Bokhti Kurdish tribe.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Guest |first=John S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0h0U-f8FbDEC&dq=hakkari+Kurdish+tribe&pg=PA312 |title=Survival Among The Kurds |date=2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-15736-3 |pages=44 |language=en}}</ref>
The Dasini adhered to Adawiyya, the predecessor of Yazidism.<ref>The Religion of the Peacock Angel: The Yezidis and Their Spirit World, Garnik S. Asatrian, Victoria Arakelova, 2014, pp. 48</ref> In 906, the Dasinis rebelled against the Hamdanid rule. Establishing the Shaykhan principality, centered in Sheikhan. Dasini are mentioned by yaqut al-hamawi as residing in "Jabal Dasin". in 14th century, it was recorded by al-'Umari that Akre was resided by Dasinis. in 15th century, The Daseni were Attacked by the Bahdinan Emirate.<ref>James, B. “Le « territoire tribal des Kurdes » et l’Aire Iraqienne (Xe-XIIIe Siècles): Esquisse des Recompositions Spatiales.” Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée 117-118 (2007).101-126.</ref>
==Notable people== * Davud Hussein Beg-i Dasini (c.1556), governor of Takrit<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kerborani |first=Bahadin H. |date=2021-01-01 |title=Paying the Price of Dasht-i Karbala: Historical Perceptions of Yezidis in the Ottoman Era |url=https://www.academia.edu/45648291/Paying_the_Price_of_Dasht_i_Karbala_Historical_Perceptions_of_Yezidis_in_the_Ottoman_Era |journal=Kurds and Yezidis in the Middle East: Shifting Identities, Borders, and the Experience of Minority Communities edited by Güneş Murat Tezcür |pages=106}}</ref> * Ezidi Mirza (1600–1651), Beylerbey of Mosul
==See also== * List of Kurdish dynasties and countries *Yazidis *Kurdish tribes *Kilis Emirate *Sheikhan principality
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