Khaffagi family

Khaffagi family
ࡊࡅࡐࡀࡔࡉࡀ

Kupašia
Khaffagi family; ࡊࡅࡐࡀࡔࡉࡀ; Kupašia
Family
Country	Iraq and Iran
Current region	Lower Mesopotamia and Khuzestan
Place of origin	Iran and Iraq
Members	Ram Zihrun, Abdullah Khaffagi, Negm bar Zahroon, Abdullah bar Negm, Rafid al-Sabti
Connected families	Choheili family
Traditions	Mandaean priestly family

The Khaffagi (also spelled Khaffagy, Khaffajy, Khafajy; Persian: خفاجي; Arabic: خفاجی or الخفاجي; written Mandaic: Kupašia ࡊࡅࡐࡀࡔࡉࡀ) family is a Mandaean priestly family with origins in Khuzestan, Iran, although some family members also lived in southern Iraq.^[1] The family's genealogy can be traced back to the mid-1400s in Khuzestan.^[2]^: 52

Other Mandaean priestly families include the Manduia, Kuhailia (Choheili), and Durakia (Dorragi) lineages, the latter two with origins primarily in Khuzestan, Iran.^[2]

^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
^ ^a ^b Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.

[Buckley_2002-1] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.

[Buckley2010-2] 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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