Salwan Alkhamas | |
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سلوان الخماس | |
 Salwan Alkhamas at his engagement ceremony in Ahvaz, Iran in 2015 | |
| Title | Ganzibra |
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| Born | 27 March 1970 Basra Governorate, Iraq |
| Religion | Mandaeism |
| Other names | Salwan Shakir Khamas |
| Occupation | Mandaean priest |
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Ganzibra Salwan Alkhamas (Arabic: سلوان الخماس, also known as Salwan Shakir Khamas;[1] born 27 March 1970, Basra Governorate, Iraq) is an Iraqi-Swedish Mandaean priest currently serving as the head priest of the Mandaean community in Sweden.[2]
Salwan Alkhamas initially served as a priest in Sandviken during the early 2000s.[3] He then became the head priest of the Södertälje mandi and currently serves as the Rishama of the Mandaean community in Sweden and Finland.[1]
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Radio, Sveriges (2017-11-01). "عدد المندائيين في السويد أكبر من عددهم في العراق". Sveriges Radio (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ "'We believe he is innocent'". SIEVX.com. 2003-10-04. Retrieved 2024-07-23.