Jabbar Choheili

Jabbar Choheili
جبار چحیلی
Portrait of Jabbar Choheili displayed at Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, where his son Salah Choheili is currently serving as the head priest
TitleGanzibra
Personal
Born1923
DiedDecember 27, 2014(2014-12-27) (aged 91)
Ahvaz, Iran
ReligionMandaeism
ChildrenSalah Choheili
Najah Choheili
Nargess Choheili
CitizenshipIranian
Other namesMhatam Yuhana bar Sharat, Mhatam Yuhana bar Yahya
OccupationHead of the Mandaean Council of Ahvaz in Ahvaz, Iran
RelativesAbood Tawoosie (brother)
Taleb Doraji (cousin)
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Sheikh (Rabbi)[1] Ganzibra Jabbar Choheili (Persian: جبار چحیلی, also known as Sheikh Jabbar Ṭawūsī Al-Kuhaili, Arabic: جبار طاووس الكحيلي; born 1923, died December 27, 2014) was an Iranian Mandaean priest, the head of the Mandaean Council of Ahvaz, which presides over the Mandaean community of Iran.[2]

  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.