Abdullah bar Sam

Sheikh
Abdullah bar Sam
Sheikh Abdullah bar Sam
	Portrait of Ganzibra Sheikh Abdullah bar Sam at theGanzibra Dakhil Mandi
Title	Ganzibra
Personal
Born	unknown;c. 1890?; Qal'at Saleh,Ottoman Iraq
Died	1981; Baghdad,Iraq
Religion	Mandaeism
Children	Abdul Jabbar Abdullah
Parent	Sam, son of Jabbar (father);
Citizenship	Iraqi
Other names	Adam Zihrun bar Sam
Occupation	Mandaean priest
Relatives	Sinan Abdullah(grandson)

SheikhAbdullah bar Sam(Arabic:عبدالله ابن سام;born inQal'at Saleh,Iraq; died 1981,Baghdad,Iraq) was an IraqiMandaean priest.^[1]He is known as the priestly initiator ofJabbar ChoheiliandSalah Choheili,^[2]as well as the father of physicistAbdul Jabbar Abdullah.^[3]^: 44

Life[edit]

Abdullah bar Sam was born into the Manduia and ‛Kuma families inQal'at Saleh,Iraq, probably sometime just before the turn of the 20th century. His father's name was theGanzibraSam, son of Sheikh Jabbar. Abdullah bar Sam'sMandaean baptismal namewas Adam Zihrun bar Sam (Classical Mandaic:ࡀࡃࡀࡌ ࡆࡉࡄࡓࡅࡍ ࡁࡓ ࡎࡀࡌ,romanized:Adam Zihrun br Sam).^[1]

Ganzibra Abdullah copied theGinza Rabbaby 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 initiatedJabbar ChoheilifromAhvaz,Iran into the priesthood.^[1]In 1976, he initiated Jabbar Choheili's sonSalah Choheilias atarmidaat theMandiofDora, Baghdad.^[2]

Family[edit]

His sonAbdul Jabbar Abdullah(1911–1969) was a well-known physicist and meteorologist, while his grandson isSinan Abdullah.^[3]^: 44^[4]

References[edit]

^^a ^b ^c ^dBuckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010).The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history.Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press.ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
^^a ^b"Rishamma Salah Choheili, Chapter 2(Ba)".The Worlds of Mandaean Priests.Retrieved2023-09-27– via YouTube.
^^a ^bBuckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2023).1800 Years of Encounters with Mandaeans.Gorgias Mandaean Studies. Vol. 5. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press.ISBN 978-1-4632-4132-2.ISSN 1935-441X.
^"Birth Certificate"(PDF).Retrieved12 December2017.

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Mandaic prayer recited by Abdullah bar Samin the 1970s

[Buckley2010-1] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010).The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history.Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press.ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.

[Salah_ch._2_video-2] "Rishamma Salah Choheili, Chapter 2(Ba)".The Worlds of Mandaean Priests.Retrieved2023-09-27– via YouTube.

[Buckley_2023-3] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2023).1800 Years of Encounters with Mandaeans.Gorgias Mandaean Studies. Vol. 5. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press.ISBN 978-1-4632-4132-2.ISSN 1935-441X.

[4] "Birth Certificate"(PDF).Retrieved12 December2017.

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