Tahseen Said


Tahseen Said was the hereditary leader of the Yazidi people. He was also the head of the Yazidi Supreme Spiritual Council and represented the Yazidis in all matters in respect of states and tribes. Although the historic base of the family is Ba'adra, Tahseen Said lived in the district capital, Ain Sifni.

He ha a son named Hazim Tahsin Said.

Life

The Office of Mīr is hereditary and is transmitted from father to son, and Tahseen Said was the successor of his father Saied Beg, who died in 1944. He became Mîr at the age of 11.
He travelled in 1975 after the Algiers Agreement led to the crushing of the Kurds' resistance.
During the 1991–2003 existence of the Kurdistan Region, he served as sub-ruler of the Yazidis in that territory. Mîr Tahseen survived an assassination attempt in 2004.
On 4 August 2014, he issued a plea to world leaders concerning the plight of the Yazidis being attacked by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
He died on 28 January 2019 in the Siloah hospital in Hanover. He was buried in Ain Sifni on 5 February 2019.