Negm bar Zahroon | |
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Title | Ganzibra |
Personal | |
Born | 1892 |
Died | 1976 Qal'at Saleh, Iraq |
Religion | Mandaeism |
Children | Rabbi Abdullah bar Negm |
Citizenship | Iraqi |
Known for | Procuring and copying Drower Collection manuscripts |
Other names | Adam Negm bar Zakia Zihrun |
Occupation | Mandaean priest |
Relatives | Abdullah Khaffagi (cousin) Ram Zihrun (grandfather) Bibia Mudalal (grandmother) Rafid al-Sabti (grandson) |
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Ganzibra Negm bar Zahroon (baptismal name: Adam Negm bar Zakia Zihrun ࡀࡃࡀࡌ ࡍࡉࡂࡌ ࡁࡓ ࡆࡀࡊࡉࡀ ࡆࡉࡄࡓࡅࡍ; Arabic: الشيخ نجم ابن زهرون; born 1892, Huwaiza; died 1976, Qal'at Saleh District) was a Mandaean priest. He is primarily known as E. S. Drower's main field consultant who helped her procure dozens of Mandaic texts, now kept in the Bodleian Library's Drower Collection.[1]: 156