Abdullah bar Sam
Abdullah bar Sam | |
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 Portrait of Ganzibra Sheikh Abdullah bar Sam at the Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi | |
| Title | Ganzibra |
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| Born | unknown; c. 1890? |
| Died | 1981 |
| Religion | Mandaeism |
| Children | Abdul Jabbar Abdullah |
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| Citizenship | Iraqi |
| Other names | Adam Zihrun bar Sam |
| Occupation | Mandaean priest |
| Relatives | Sinan Abdullah (grandson) |
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Sheikh Abdullah bar Sam (
Arabic: عبدالله ابن سام; born in Qal'at Saleh, Iraq; died 1981, Baghdad, Iraq) was an Iraqi Mandaean priest.[1] He is known as the priestly initiator of Jabbar Choheili and Salah Choheili,[2] as well as the father of physicist Abdul Jabbar Abdullah.[3]
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Life
Abdullah bar Sam was born into the Manduia and ‛Kuma families in
Ganzibra Abdullah copied the Ginza Rabba by hand in 1928; as of 2010, that copy of the Ginza Rabba belonged to the Elmanahi family in New York state, United States.[1]: 65–66
In 1948, he initiated Jabbar Choheili from Ahvaz, Iran into the priesthood.[1] In 1976, he initiated Jabbar Choheili's son Salah Choheili as a tarmida at the Mandi of Dora, Baghdad.[2]
Family
His son Abdul Jabbar Abdullah (1911–1969) was a well-known physicist and meteorologist, while his grandson is Sinan Abdullah.[3]: 44 [4]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
- ^ a b "Rishamma Salah Choheili, Chapter 2(Ba)". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. Retrieved 2023-09-27 – via YouTube.
- ^ ISSN 1935-441X.
- ^ "Birth Certificate" (PDF). Retrieved 12 December 2017.
External links
- Mandaic prayer recited by Abdullah bar Sam in the 1970s
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