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ShabaksShabaks comprise a religious group in Iraq that has been recorded separately in censuses since the days of the British mandate. They live in 35 villages to the intimate south-west of Mosul. Their religion is a mlange of pre-Islamic beliefs and Islam with prominent similarities with Alevi and Yezidi faith. They speak a dialect of Dimli. Their holy script, Buyruk is written in Turkoman.
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