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Jabbar Choheili's sons are the priests Tarmida Najah Choheili and Ganzibra [[Salah Choheili]],<ref name="Buckley2010">{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Jorunn Jacobsen|title=The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history|publisher=Gorgias Press|publication-place=Piscataway, N.J|year=2010|isbn=978-1-59333-621-9}}</ref> who is currently the head of the Mandaean community in Australia.<ref name="Gelbert 2017">{{cite book|last1=Gelbert|first1=Carlos|url=https://livingwaterbooks.com.au/product/john-the-baptist/|title=The Teachings of the Mandaean John the Baptist|isbn=9780958034678|location=Fairfield, NSW, Australia|publisher=Living Water Books|year=2017|oclc=1000148487}}</ref>{{rp|xxvii-xxxii}}
Jabbar Choheili's sons are the priests Tarmida Najah Choheili and Ganzibra [[Salah Choheili]],<ref name="Buckley2010">{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Jorunn Jacobsen|title=The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history|publisher=Gorgias Press|publication-place=Piscataway, N.J|year=2010|isbn=978-1-59333-621-9}}</ref> who is currently the head of the Mandaean community in Australia.<ref name="Gelbert 2017">{{cite book|last1=Gelbert|first1=Carlos|url=https://livingwaterbooks.com.au/product/john-the-baptist/|title=The Teachings of the Mandaean John the Baptist|isbn=9780958034678|location=Fairfield, NSW, Australia|publisher=Living Water Books|year=2017|oclc=1000148487}}</ref>{{rp|xxvii-xxxii}}


Jabbar Choheili's cousin, Taleb Doraji (born 1937 in Ahvaz), is a goldsmith who owns a jewellery shop in the Ahvaz bazaar. He became a [[tarmida]] in 1998 and later attained the rank of [[ganzibra]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Talib Doraji | website=YouTube | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJzy2mCD8sY | access-date=2023-09-30}}</ref>
Jabbar Choheili's cousin, Taleb Doraji (born 1937 in Ahvaz; also spelled Taleb Dorragi<ref name="Buckey 2023"/>), is a goldsmith who owns a jewellery shop in the Ahvaz bazaar. He became a [[tarmida]] in 1998 and later attained the rank of [[ganzibra]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Talib Doraji | website=YouTube | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJzy2mCD8sY | access-date=2023-09-30}}</ref>

Jabbar Choheili also has a brother, Abood Tawoosie (died 2013).<ref name="Buckley 2023">{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Jorunn Jacobsen|title=1800 Years of Encounters with Mandaeans|date=2023|location=Piscataway, NJ|publisher=Gorgias Press|series=Gorgias Mandaean Studies|volume=5|issn=1935-441X|isbn=978-1-4632-4132-2}}</ref>{{rp|xvi}}


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Jabbar Choheili
جبار چحیلی
Portrait of Jabbar Choheili displayed at the Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, where his son Salah Choheili is currently serving as the head priest
TitleGanzibra
Personal life
Born1923
DiedDecember 27, 2014(2014-12-27) (aged 91)
Ahvaz, Iran
ChildrenSalah Choheili
Najah Choheili
CitizenshipIranian
Other namesMhatam Yuhana bar Sharat, Mhatam Yuhana bar Yahya
OccupationHead of the Mandaean Council of Ahvaz in Ahvaz, Iran
Religious life
ReligionMandaeism

Sheikh (Rabbi)[1] Ganzibra Jabbar Choheili (Template:Lang-fa, also known as Sheikh Jabbar Tawūsī Al-Kuhaili, Template:Lang-ar; 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) family. His malwasha (baptismal name) is Mhatam Yuhana (Template:Lang-myz; full name: Rabbi Ganzibra Mhatam Yuhana bar Sharat; also known as Mhatam Yuhana bar Yahya; or in Arabic: Shaikh Jabar (= Šabur), the son of Ṭawoos) (note: Mandaeans typically have both a birth name and a baptismal name).[3]

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 returned to Ahvaz, where he completely copied the Ginza Rabba by hand.[3] Carlos Gelbert's Ginza Rabba (2011, 2021)[4][5] is primarily based on the "Mhatam Yuhana Ginza" (2004).[6]

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.[7][8][9]

Family

Jabbar Choheili's sons are the priests Tarmida Najah Choheili and Ganzibra Salah Choheili,[3] who is currently the head of the Mandaean community in Australia.[10]: xxvii–xxxii 

Jabbar Choheili's cousin, Taleb Doraji (born 1937 in Ahvaz; also spelled Taleb Dorragi[11]), is a goldsmith who owns a jewellery shop in the Ahvaz bazaar. He became a tarmida in 1998 and later attained the rank of ganzibra.[12]

Jabbar Choheili also has a brother, Abood Tawoosie (died 2013).[13]: xvi 

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. ^ a b c 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. ^ Mhatam Yuhana, ed. (2004). Ginza Rba. Ahvaz: Mandaean Council of Ahvaz. (Right Ginza: 594 pp.; Left Ginza: 177 pp.)
  7. ^ "خوزستان". ایسنا (in Persian). 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  8. ^ "رهبر صابئین جهان در خوزستان درگذشت". تابناک; Tabnak (in Persian). 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Gelbert, Carlos (2017). The Teachings of the Mandaean John the Baptist. Fairfield, NSW, Australia: Living Water Books. ISBN 9780958034678. OCLC 1000148487.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Buckey 2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ "Talib Doraji". YouTube. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  13. ^ 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.