He travelled in 1975 after the Algiers Agreement led to the crushing of the Kurds ' resistance . During the 1991 – 2003 existence of the Kurdish Autonomous Region , he served as sub-ruler of the Yazidis in that territory . Mir Tahseen survived an assassination attempt in 2004 . 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
Yazidis being attacked
Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL
Tahseen Said