For another Mandaean priest in Iraq who is also from the Khaffagi family, see Abdullah bar Negm.
Not to be confused with Abdullah bar Sam.
Sheikh
Abdullah Khaffagi
Title
Ganzibra
Personal
Born
c. 1880
Died
1975
Ahvaz, Iran
Religion
Mandaeism
Children
Šarat (Sharat) (wife of Abdullah bar Negm)
Citizenship
Iranian
Other names
Sam Yuhana bar Bihram
Occupation
Mandaean priest
Relatives
Negm bar Zahroon (cousin) Ram Zihrun (grandfather)
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Sheikh Abdullah Khaffagi (baptismal name: Sam Yuhana bar Bihramࡎࡀࡌ ࡉࡅࡄࡀࡍࡀ ࡁࡓ ࡁࡉࡄࡓࡀࡌ; Persian: عبدالله خفاجی; Arabic: عبدالله الخفاجي; born c. 1880; died 1975, Ahvaz) was an Iranian Mandaean priest from Ahvaz, Iran.[1] He is a grandson of Ganzibra Ram Zihrun.[2]
^Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
^Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
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