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Yazidi Genocide by the Soran Emirate, 1832 to 1834 (Wikipedia)

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A community-edited reference article on Mir Muhammad of Rawanduz's 1832 to 1834 campaign against the Yazidis of Sheikhan, Sinjar and Erbil, covering the religious fatwas used to justify it, the death toll estimates historians have offered, and the enslavement and displacement of survivors, drawing on the Iraqi historian Sadiq al-Damlouji and on Majid Hassan Ali's peer-reviewed study.

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Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used alongside the peer-reviewed Ali (2019) article for this episode; its own citations point to the same underlying historiography.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidi_genocide_by_the_Soran_Emirate_(1832%E2%80%931834) 1
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Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)

This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 3 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Wars & Conflicts, 11 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 2 connected, 1 general references.
  • Articles, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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