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]

Family members

Notable family members include:

Ram Zihrun (late 1700s–1800s)
Abdullah Khaffagi (c. 1880–1975); baptismal name: Sam Yuhana bar Bihram bar Ram Zihrun
Negm bar Zahroon (1892–1976); baptismal name: Adam Negm bar Zakia Zihrun bar Ram Zihrun
Abdullah bar Negm (early 1900s–2009)
Rafid al-Sabti (born 1965)
Ardwan Al-Sabti^[3]
Bihram Khaffagi, a tarmida in Ahvaz, Iran^[4]^[5]

During the 21st century, some members of the family are now based in Nijmegen, Netherlands, where many of the family's Mandaic manuscripts are now archived as part of the Rbai Rafid Collection (RRC).^[6] Other manuscripts belonging to the family are currently being held in Ahvaz, Iran and Baghdad, Iraq.

References

^ 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.
^ "Ardwan Alsabti". Retrieved 2023-07-05.
^ "Tarmida Behram Khafajy: April 2015". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. 2015-03-01. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ "Tarmida Behram Khafajy: photo album". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. 2015-03-01. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
^ Aldihisi, Sabah (2008). The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba (PhD). University College London.

External links

Audio recording of Sheikh Abdullah Khaffagi reciting Mandaean scriptures in Ahvaz in 1960

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