Abdullah bar Sam

Abdullah bar Sam
Portrait of Ganzibra Sheikh Abdullah bar Sam at Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi
TitleGanzibra
Personal
Bornunknown; c. 1890?
Died1981
ReligionMandaeism
ChildrenAbdul Jabbar Abdullah
Parent
  • Sam, son of Jabbar (father)
CitizenshipIraqi
Other namesAdam Zihrun bar Sam
OccupationMandaean priest
RelativesSinan Abdullah (grandson)
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Sheikh Abdullah bar Sam (Arabic: عبدالله ابن سام; born in Qal'at Saleh, Iraq; died 1981, Baghdad, Iraq) was an Iraqi Mandaean priest.[1] He is known as the priestly initiator of Jabbar Choheili and Salah Choheili,[2] as well as the father of physicist Abdul Jabbar Abdullah.[3]: 44 

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Buckley2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ 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.