Yazidi Empire (Without Islam)

The Yazidi Empire (Kurdish: یا ئێزیدی ﺷـخـوبی Êzidî Şêxîtî) was a Medieval empire of Kurdish origin that ruled the Middle East between the second half of the 12th century and the first half of the 13th. Oringinally it was as a Kurdish religious revolutionary movement founded by Shex Adi that took advantage of the power vacuum in the Great Seljuk Empire to extending their control over Upper Mesopotamia. Adi is considered by the Yazidi an avatar of Melek Taus, the main divinity in their faith. Despite his premature death (1162), his father-in-law and general, Shirkuh took his title and increased the Yazidi power in Mesopotamia and Syria.