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20th-century Iraqi Mandaean priest
Sheikh
Abdullah bar Sam
(
Arabic
:
??????? ??? ???
; 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]
: 44
Life
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Abdullah bar Sam was born into the Manduia and ?Kuma families in
Qal'at Saleh
, Iraq, probably sometime just before the turn of the 20th century. His father's name was the
Ganzibra
Sam, son of Sheikh Jabbar. Abdullah bar Sam's
Mandaean baptismal name
was Adam Zihrun bar Sam (
Classical Mandaic
:
???? ?????? ?? ???
,
romanized:
Adam Zihrun br Sam
).
[1]
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
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His son
Abdul Jabbar Abdullah
(1911?1969) was a well-known physicist and meteorologist, while his grandson is
Sinan Abdullah
.
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: 44
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