PART I. THE TRANSLATION OF THE

ARABIC TEXT

PREFACE, IN THE NAME OF THE MOST COMPASSIONATE GOD 29

I. AL-JILWAH—THE REVELATION 30

II. MASHAF RES—THE BLACK BOOK 36

III. APPENDIX TO PART I. 53

IV. THE POEM IN PRAISE OF ŠEIḪ ‘ADI 70

V. THE PRINCIPAL PRAYER OF THE YEZIDIS 73

VI. SEVEN CLASSES OF YEZIDIS 75

VII. THE ARTICLES OF FAITH 77

NOTES ON PART I. 83