Tahseen Said

15 August 1933 in Baadre[1] – d. 28 January 2019 in Hanover[2]) was the hereditary leader (Mīr, or prince) of Kurds—Yazidis.

Although the historic base of the family is Ba'adra, Tahseen Said lived in the district capital, Ain Sifni.

When Tord Wallström, a Swedish journalist, met him in 1974, Mir Tahsin stated his reason for participating in the Kurdish Revolt.

[7] He travelled in 1975 after the Algiers Agreement led to the crushing of the Kurds' resistance.

[10] 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.