Tahseen Said | |
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Emir Mir | |
lineage group | Qātāni |
Religion | Yazidi |
Tahseen Said (born c. 1933) is the current hereditary leader (emir, or prince) of the Yazidi people. He is the head of the Yazidi Supreme Spiritual Council. He lives in Ba'adra.
He has a son named Hazim Tahsin Said.
He traveled in 1975 after the Algiers Agreement led to the crushing of the Kurds' resistance.
On August 4, 2014, he issued a plea to world leaders, concerning plight of the Yazidi being attacked by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.