Najah Choheili

Iranian Mandaean priest
  • Jabbar Choheili (father)
CitizenshipIranianOther namesNajah al-KuhailiOccupationHead of the Mandaean Council of AhvazRelativesSalah Choheili (brother)
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Sheikh (Rabbi) Najah Choheili (Persian: نجاح چحیلی) is an Iranian Mandaean priest who currently serves as the head of the Mandaean community in Iran.[1]

Biography

Najah Choheili was born in Ahvaz, Iran into the Kuhailia (Persian pronunciation: Choheili) family. His father was Ganzibra Jabbar Choheili, while his brother is Salah Choheili,[2] who is currently the Rishama of the Mandaean community in Australia.[3][4]

He currently serves as the head of the Mandaean Council of Ahvaz and is the Rishama of the Mandaean community in Iran.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "A Mandaean Priest's Dashed Hopes for Change in Iran". IranWire. 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  2. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
  3. ^ "Rishamma Salah Choheili: July 2016, Chapter 2". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  4. ^ "Rishamma Salah Choheili, Chapter 2(Ba)". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. Retrieved 2023-09-27 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ "صابئین مندایی خدمت به ایران را باعث افتخار می‌دانند". خبرگزاری خورنا (in Persian). 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  6. ^ "دیدار رهبر صابئین مندایی ایران با سرپرست معاونت سیاسی و اجتماعی استانداری خوزستان". ایسنا (in Persian). 2022-06-07. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
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