Jabbar Choheili

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Jabbar Choheili
جبار چحیلی
TitleGanzibra
Personal
Born1923
Ahvaz, Iran
DiedDecember 27, 2014(2014-12-27) (aged 91)
Ahvaz, Iran
ReligionMandaeism
CitizenshipIranian
Other namesMhatam Yuhana bar Sharat, Mhatam Yuhana bar Yahya
OccupationHead of the Mandaean Council of Ahvaz in Ahvaz, Iran
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Sheikh (Rabbi)[1] Ganzibra Jabbar Choheili (Persian: جبار چحیلی, also known as Sheikh Jabbar Tawūsī Al-Kuhaili, Arabic: جبار طاووس الكحيلي; born 1923, died December 27, 2014) was the head of the Mandaean Council of Ahvaz, which presides over the Mandaean community of Iran.[2]

Biography[]

Jabbar Choheili held the Mandaean clergical ranks of Ganzibra (head priest) and Rishama (patriarch), the highest Mandaean clergical rank. He was born in 1923 in the city of Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, Iran into the Kuhailia (Persian pronunciation "Choheili") clan. His malwasha (baptismal name) is Mhatam Yuhana (Classical Mandaic: ࡌࡄࡀࡕࡀࡌ ࡉࡅࡄࡀࡍࡀ; full name: Rabbi Ganzibra Mhatam Yuhana bar Sharat; also known as Mhatam Yuhana bar Yahya; or in Arabic: Shaikh Jabar, the son of Ṭawoos) (note: Mandaeans typically have both a birth name and a baptismal name). In 1948, he traveled from Iran to Qal'at Saleh, Iraq to become initiated as a tarmida by Sheikh Abdullah, son of Sh. Sam. Sh. Jabbar. After he was ordained, Jabbar Choheili entire copied the Ginza Rabba by hand.[3] Carlos Gelbert's Ginza Rabba (2011, 2021) is primarily based on the "Mhatam Yuhana Ginza."[4][5]

Ganzibra Jabbar Choheili was the chairman and secretary general of the Mandaean Council of Ahvaz. He was also a goldsmith by profession.

He died on the morning of Sunday, December 27, 2014. He was buried in a Mandaean cemetery in Ahvaz.[6][7][8]

Gallery[]

  • Mandaean priests preparing for the funeral ceremony of Jabbar Choheili in Ahvaz, Iran

  • The Sheikh Jabbar Tawusi jewellery shop (طلاسازی شيخ جبار طاوسی), owned by Taleb Doraji in Ahvaz, Iran, is named in honor of Jabbar Choheili.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Open discussion with the Sabaeans Mandaeans", YouTube-Holy Spirit University of Kaslik - USEK, 27 November 2017, retrieved 27 October 2021
  2. ^ آمریکا, صدای (2014-12-29). "رهبر منداییان جهان در ایران درگذشت". صدای آمریکا (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  3. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
  4. ^ Gelbert, Carlos (2011). Ginza Rba. Sydney: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780958034630.
  5. ^ Gelbert, Carlos (2021). گینزا ربَّا = Ginza Rba (in Arabic). Edensor Park, NSW, Australia: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780648795407.
  6. ^ "خوزستان". ایسنا (in Persian). 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  7. ^ "رهبر صابئین جهان در خوزستان درگذشت". تابناک; Tabnak (in Persian). 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  8. ^ ادیان, موسسه گفتگوی (2013-12-05). "موسسه گفت و گوی ادیان برگزار کرد: نگاهی به آئین و متون مندایی" (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2014-02-08. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
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