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| Yahia Ram Zihrun, son of Mhatam, Sabur and Batahaiia || || grandson of Yahia Yuhana, son of Adam Zihrun, Dihdaria || {{floruit|1815–1818}} |
| Yahia Ram Zihrun, son of Mhatam, Sabur and Batahaiia || || grandson of Yahia Yuhana, son of Adam Zihrun, Dihdaria || {{floruit|1815–1818}} |
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| Yahia (Sam) Adam, son of Sam Saiwia || || brother/cousin of Bihdad, son of Zihrun |
| Yahia (Sam) Adam, son of Sam Saiwia || || brother/cousin of Bihdad, son of Zihrun, both of whom were ethnarchs. He is the maternal grandson of Bainai, son of Haiuna. || {{floruit|late 800s}} |
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| Yahia Bayan/Bihram, son of Sam Bihram, Diquana, Laiit || || biologically of the Manduias, but initiated into the Diqnana clan and has three brothers who are priests || |
| Yahia Bayan/Bihram, son of Sam Bihram, Diquana, Laiit || || biologically of the Manduias, but initiated into the Diqnana clan and has three brothers who are priests || |
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This article contains a list of historical Mandaean priests.
List of Mandaean priests
Active
Most of the following list of currently active Mandaean priests is based on The Worlds of Mandaean Priests website curated by Christine Robins, Yuhana Nashmi et al.[1]
- Rishamma Salah Choheili
- Rishamma Sattar Jabar Hilow
- Ganzibra Professor Brikha Nasoraia
- Ganzibra Salam Ghaiad
- Ganzibra Abdullah Khaffagi
- Ganzibra Taleb Doraji
- Ganzibra Waleed Khashan
- Tarmida Waleed Khashan
- Tarmida Asaad Muttar al-Othmani
- Tarmida Behram Khafajy (Bihram Khaffagi)
- Tarmida Khaldoon Majid Abdullah
- Tarmida Peyam Jizan
- Tarmida Qais Edan (Qais Aidan)
- Tarmida Rafid Al-Sabti
- Tarmida Saleem al-Zuhairi
- Tarmida Sam Zahrooni
- Tarmida Thamir Shamkhi
- Tarmida Yuhana Nashmi
Historical
This list of historical Mandaean priests is primarily adapted from Buckley (2010).[2]: 349–355
| Priest | Other names | Notes | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sh. Abdullah Khaffagi of Ahwaz | Sam Yuhana, son of Bihram | ||
| Sh. Abdullah, son of Sh. Negm | |||
| Adam, son of Mhatam Yuhana, Manduia | Sh. ‛Idan | ||
| Adam, son of Ram Gadana | |||
| Adam, son of Yahia Papia | |||
| Adam, son of Sarwan Ruzbia/Ruzba | |||
| Adam, son of Sam, Ram Ziwa | fl. 1658 | ||
| Adam Abu‛l Faraš, son of Bihram Šitil | “head of the people” | ||
| Adam Bahran/Bihram, son of Zakia Mašhadia | older brother of Yahia Sam, son of Hibil Zihrun | ||
| Adam Bayan, son of Šadan Zarzuia | brother of Sarwan Bulbul, son of Adam Bayan | fl. early 1400s | |
| Adam Yuhana, son of Yahia Anuš, Šu‛ilia, Busa‛id | |||
| Adam Yuhana, son of Sam, Kamisia, Riš Draz | father of Yahia Bihram | fl. 1788–early 1800s | |
| Adam Paraš, son of Zihrun, ‛Ubadia and Baṭahaiia | fl. 1615 | ||
| Adam (Sabur), son of Ninia | |||
| Adam Zakia, son of BrHiia | |||
| Adam Zihrun, son of Bihram Šitlan | fl. 1529–1564 | ||
| Adam Zihrun, son of Sam, Manduia | Sh. Abdullah | d. 1981 | |
| Adam Zihrun, son of Yahia Yuhana Bihdad | |||
| Adam Zihrun, son of Yahia Bihram, Manduia | |||
| Adam Zihrun, son of Mhatam, Ram Ziwa | fl. 1690 | ||
| Adam Zihrun, son of Zakia Šitil, Quṭana | yalufa | fl. 1629 | |
| Anhar, daughter of Sam Bihram | |||
| Anhar Kumraita | ganzibra; in Qolasta prayer 170 | ||
| Anuš, son of Naṭar | |||
| Anuš, son of Buran | in Qolasta prayer 170 | ||
| Anuš Bihdad, son of Yahia (Sam) Adam | |||
| Anuš br Danqa | fl. 638 | ||
| Anuš Ma‛ilia/Mu’ilia, son of Anuš Bihdad (the elder) | |||
| Anuš Ma‛ilia, son of Bihdad Zakia (the younger) | |||
| Anuš Šaiar, son of Nṣab | |||
| Badriiah, daughter of Šuraš | book owner | ||
| Bayan, son of Yahia Diqnana | |||
| Bayan, son of Šarat | Sh. Salem Choheili | yalufa from Ahwaz | |
| Bayan Hibil, son of Brik Yawar | fl. mid-700s | ||
| Bayan Hibil ‛Qaiam, son of Zindana | |||
| Bainai, son of Zakia and Haiuna | |||
| Baktiar, son of Adam Mhatam, Kuhailia | |||
| Baktiar Bulbul, son of Ram Ziwa, Ram Ziwa clan | fl. 1632 | ||
| Baktiar Tilidia (and his unnamed mother) | |||
| Banan/Bahram, son of Brik Yawar | Bayan | ||
| Bhira, son of Šitil | |||
| Bibia Mudalal, daughter of Adam Yuhana, Sa‛dan, Kamisia | survivor of 1831 cholera; wife of Ram Zihrun, son of Sam Bihram, Kupašia; sister of Yahia Bihram, son of Adam Yuhana | fl. 1831 | |
| Bihdad, son of Zihrun | ethnarch; grandson of ‛Qaiam, son of Zindana | ||
| (Yahia) Bihram, son of Adam Zarzuia | |||
| Bihram, son of Ram Zihrun | fl. 1831 | ||
| (Bihram) Bayan, son of Adam Šupartaiia | |||
| Bihram Bayan, son of Yahia Baz | |||
| Bihram BrHiia, son of Adam Zakia, Kuhailia (the elder) | fl. 1400s | ||
| Bihram BrHiia, son of (Adam) Baktiar, Kuhailia (the younger) | nephew of Bihram BrHiia, above | ||
| Bihram Sam, son of Yahia Yuhana, Dihdaria | Sam Bihram | a ganzibra, exiled in 1818, Qurna | fl. 1818 |
| Bihram Šitil, son of Yahia Yuhana, Sumaqa | |||
| Bihram Zakia, son of Bayan Šupartaiia | |||
| BrHiia, son of Yuhana | |||
| Brik Yawar, son of Bihdad | c. 560–600 | ||
| Brik Manda (Šitil), son of Sku/Ska Hiia | |||
| Dihdar ‛Id, son of Adam Bihram | |||
| Dihdar Mhatam Bulbul, son of Sam Bihram, ‛Asikir | |||
| Dihdar Zihrun, son of Sam Sakara/‛Asikir | “head of the people” | ||
| ‛Qaiam, son of Zindana | |||
| ‛Uda, son of Yuhana | |||
| Sh. Farraj, son of Sh. Sam | Adam, son of Sam | fl. 1900s | |
| Faruk, son of Marspindu Abuzdaqad | |||
| Haiašum, son of Sku Hiia | |||
| Sh. Haithem | Sam, son of Sam Yuhana Haiuna, daughter of Tihwia and Yahia | ethnarch; in CP 170 | |
| Harmuzdukt/Hurmuzdukt | |||
| Hawa, daughter of Daiia | ganzibra; in CP 170 | ||
| Hawa, daughter of Nukraya | c. 750–800 | ||
| Hawa, daughter of Yahia/Yuhana | editor | c. 1300 | |
| Hawa Mahnuš, daughter of Yahia | fl. mid-1400s | ||
| (Hida) Hawa Simat, daughter of Adam | c. 1700 | ||
| Hibil BrHiia, son of Sam Nangara | from Gazania | ||
| Sh. Jabbar Tawoosie | Mhatam Yuhana, son of Tawoos | from Ahwaz | |
| Sh. Kumait | fl. 1900s | ||
| Kiria, daughter of Salim, Quṭana | |||
| Mamania, daughter of Hibil | |||
| Mamul Dihgan, daughter of ‛sta Bihram | |||
| Mariuaria, daughter of Adam Šapur | |||
| Marspindu Abuzdaqad | |||
| Mhatam, son of Yahia Bihram, Kamisia, Riš Draz | fl. 1910 | ||
| Mhatam, son of Yahia Bayan, Dihdaria | |||
| Mhatam Bayan, son of Dihdar Zihrun, Ša‛puria | “father of kings” | ||
| Mhatam Yuhana, son of Yahia Sam, Manduia | Sh. Damouk | ||
| Mhatam Yuhana, son of Adam Yuhana, Sabur | Sh. Šukar, son of Sh. Fulad | fl. 1849 | |
| Mhatam Zihrun, son of Baktiar/Yahia BrHiia, Kuhailia | husband of Yasmin Mudalal; uncle of Bihram BrHiia the elder | ||
| Mhatam Zihrun, son of Bahran/Bihram Mušarah | |||
| Mhatam Zihrun, son of Adam, Manduia | Sh. Dakhil/Dukhayl | d. 1964 | |
| Miriai, daughter of Simat | |||
| Mudalal, daughter of Dihdar Salim | fl. 1700s | ||
| Mula Abd‛l Šik | a fighter for the Mandaeans | ||
| Sh. Negm/Nejm | Adam Negm, son of Zakia Zihrun | fl. 1900s | |
| Nṣab, son of Maškna | |||
| Nṣab, son of Bihram | |||
| Nukraya, son of Šitil | |||
| Papa, son of Guda | |||
| Qinta, daughter of Zihrun Adam | aunt of Yahia Yuhana, son of Zihrun Adam, Dihdaria | fl. early 1500s | |
| Qiqel | |||
| Ram, son of Adam, Manduia | ganzibra in Huwaiza | fl. 1560 | |
| Ram Bayan, son of Sam Daudania | |||
| Ram Baktiar, son of Bihram Šadan, Quṭana | fl. 1560 | ||
| Ram Yuhana, son of Ram, Dihdaria, Sabur | fl. 1743–53 | ||
| Ram Yuhana, son of Yahia Zihrun, Manduia | |||
| Ram Yuhana, son of Yahia Baktiar, Kuhailia | c. 1580 | ||
| Ram Kuhailia | ganzibra in Huwaiza | fl. 1560 | |
| Ram Ṣilai, son of Daimir | |||
| Ram Zihrun, son of Sam Bihram, Kupašia | survivor of 1831 cholera; cousin of Yahia Bihram; husband of Bibia Mudalal; grandfather of Sh. Abdullah Khaffagi | fl. 1831 | |
| Ram Zihrun Bihdad | great-grandson of Zindana | ||
| Ram Ziwa, son of Bayan Hibil/Bihram Bihdad | |||
| Ram Ziwa, son of Šaiar | bad priest | c. 800 | |
| Ram Ziwa Baktiar, son of Bayan Zihrun | an ancestor of the ethnarch Bihdad, son of Zihrun | ||
| Ramuia, son of ‛Qaimat and Bayan Hibil | fl. 638 | ||
| Ruzba son of Hawa | |||
| Šabur, son of Zazai | |||
| Šad Manda, son of Sku Yawar | |||
| Šadan, son of Brik Yawar | |||
| Šadia Mamania, daughter of Hibil | c. 1300 | ||
| Šaha, daughter of Aziz Sakma, Wašia | fl. early 1500s | ||
| Šaiar (Ziwa), son of Bayan Hibil | |||
| Sam Adam, son of Zakia, Manduia | initiator of his brothers Yahia Mhatam and Sam Yuhana; 16th cent. | ||
| Sam Bihdad, son of Bihram Gadana | |||
| Sam Bihram, son of Bibia Mudalal | |||
| Sam Bihram, Laiit, Diqnana | |||
| Sam Šitlan, son of Ram Bayan, Ša‛puria | fl. 1599 | ||
| Sam (Ziwa), son of Bayan Hibil | |||
| Sam Hibil, son of Adam | erroneously: “maknušta” | ||
| Sam Yuhana, son of Mhatam Bulbul, ‛Asikir | |||
| Sam Yuhana, son of Yahia Adam, ‛Asikir | |||
| Sam Yuhana, son of Sam Adam, Manduia | brother of Yahia Mhatam, son of Sam Adam | c. 1560 | |
| Sam Saiwia | ganzibramaternal grandson of Bainai, son of Haiuna | c. 800 | |
| Sarwan Baz | “king of Naṣoraeans” | ||
| Sarwan Bulbul, son of Adam Bayan, Zarzuia | fl. early 1400s | ||
| Šamiat, daughter of Yahia Bayan, Manduia, ‛Kuma | mother of Ram Yuhana, son of Yahia Zihrun | ||
| Šarat Yasmin, daughter of Zakia, Diqnana | mother of Yahia Bihram, son of Adam Zarzuia; grandmother of Yasmin Mudalal, daughter of Adam Bihram, Zarzuia | fl. mid-1400s | |
| Šganda, son of Yasmin and Yahia Yuhana | ethnarch | fl. before 600 | |
| Simat, daughter of Adam Yuhana, Zakia and Buhaiir | |||
| Ska Manda | |||
| Sku Hiia, son of ‛Idai | |||
| Šlama, daughter of Qidra | c. 200 | ||
| Ṭabia, son of Zazai | |||
| Yahia, son of Zihrun, Manduia | ganzibra in Maqdam | fl. 1560 | |
| Yahia, son of Adam Kuhailia | |||
| Yahia Adam, son of Baktiar Bulbul, Ram Ziwa | fl. 1680 | ||
| Yahia Adam, son of Yuhana Šitlan, Riš Draz | |||
| Yahia Adam, Baliq Hiwia | |||
| Yahia Bihram, son of Adam Yuhana, Sa‛dan, Kamisia | survivor of 1831 cholera | fl. 1831 | |
| Yahia Bihram, son of Adam, Manduia, ‛Kuma | fl. 1735–36 | ||
| Yahia Bihram, son of Sam (Sarwan) Bihran, Zakia | c. 1500 | ||
| Yahia Halal | |||
| Yahia Yuhana, son of Ram, Kuhailia | brother of Zakia Zihrun | fl. 1600s | |
| Yahia Yuhana (Bihdad/Bihram), son of Anuš Bihdad | |||
| Yahia Yuhana, son of Adam Zihrun, Dihdaria | uncle of Yahia Bihram, son of Adam Yuhana; nephew of Qinta; exiled 1818 with Sam Bihram and other ganzibras; initiator of eight novices | ||
| Yahia Mhatam, son of Anuš, clan name Anuš | “head of all Mandaeans,” Huwaiza | ||
| Yahia Mhatam, son of Sam Adam, Manduia, ‛Kuma | brother of Sam Yuhana, son of Sam Adam | fl. also 1560 | |
| Yahia (Ram Zihrun), son of Zakia Zihrun | brother of Sh. Negm | fl. 1900s | |
| Yahia Ram Zihrun, son of Mhatam, Sabur and Batahaiia | grandson of Yahia Yuhana, son of Adam Zihrun, Dihdaria | fl. 1815–1818 | |
| Yahia (Sam) Adam, son of Sam Saiwia | brother/cousin of Bihdad, son of Zihrun, both of whom were ethnarchs. He is the maternal grandson of Bainai, son of Haiuna. | fl. late 800s | |
| Yahia Bayan/Bihram, son of Sam Bihram, Diquana, Laiit | biologically of the Manduias, but initiated into the Diqnana clan and has three brothers who are priests | ||
| Yahia Sam, son of Hibil Zihrun | father-in-law of Dihdar Mhatam Bulbul | ||
| Yahia Sam, son of Sarwan | |||
| Yahia Šaiar, son of Adam Baktiar, Durakia | |||
| Yahia Zakia, son of Brik Yawar | c. 600 | ||
| Yahia Zihrun, son of Yahia Ram Zihrun | |||
| Yasmin Bana, daughter of Yahia Bihram | |||
| Yasmin Mudalal, daughter of Adam Bihram, Zarzuia | wife of Mhatam Zihrun | fl. 1400s | |
| Yuhana, son of Zindana | |||
| Yuhana Šitlan, son of Zakia Šitlan, Buhair | fl. 1480 | ||
| Yuzaṭaq, son of Sasa Zakia Bayan, son of Yuhana/Yahia Bihram, Šapuria | c. 1480 | ||
| Zakia Šitlan, son of Sam Yuhana, Bakšia | |||
| Zakia Zihrun, son of Ram Kuhailia | brother of Yahia Yuhana, son of Ram | fl. 1677 | |
| Zazai of Gawazta, son of Naṭar | |||
| Zihrun, son of Yahia Mhatam ‘Asikir | |||
| Zihrun, son of Adam | a rejected teacher | ||
| Zihrun, son of Adam, Paraš and ‘Kuma | fl. 1617 |
References
- ^ "Mandaean priests". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. 2016. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
