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Silat Bridge

sacred bridge in Lalish, Iraq

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 21, 2022
Entity authorityQ111913172 ↗
Source-derived summary

In Yazidism, the Silat Bridge is a bridge in Lalish, Iraq that leads to the most holy Yazidi shrine. It symbolizes the connection and crossing over from the profane earthly world and the sacred, esoteric world. As with the Chinvat Bridge in Zoroastrianism, the Silat Bridge in will also play a role at the end of times in Yazidism (Kreyenbroek 2005: 39).

Every year, thousands of Yazidi pilgrims arrive at the bridge for the Feast of the Assembly as they cross the bridge to the sacred site of Sheikh Adi's tomb.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Silat Bridge” as sacred bridge in Lalish, Iraq. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Silat, Bridge and sacred.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2005—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Silat, Bridge and sacred providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Silat Bridge”, the useful work is to connect “sacred bridge in Lalish, Iraq” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 21, 2022. The linked authority identifier is Q111913172. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2005.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Routes into maps and plans
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  2. Expand the search: follow Silat Bridge primary sources, Silat Bridge archive and Silat research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Silat Bridge” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.