Najah Choheili

Ganzibra Najah Choheili
نجاح چحیلی
Ganzibra Najah Choheili getting ready to prepare the zidqa brikha (2015)
Title	Ganzibra
Personal life
Born	Ahvaz, Iran
Parent	Jabbar Choheili (father)
Citizenship	Iranian
Other names	Najah al-Kuhaili
Occupation	Head of the Mandaean Council of Ahvaz
Relatives	Salah Choheili (brother)
Religious life
Religion	Mandaeism

Ganzibra Najah Choheili (Persian: نجاح چحیلی) is an Iranian Mandaean priest who currently serves as the head of the Mandaean community in Iran.[1]

Biography

Najah Choheili was born in Ahvaz, Iran into the Kuhailia (Persian pronunciation: Choheili) family. His father was Ganzibra Jabbar Choheili, while his brother is Salah Choheili,[2] who is currently the Rishama of the Mandaean community in Australia.[3][4]

He currently serves as the head of the Mandaean Council of Ahvaz and is the head of the Mandaean community in Iran.[5][6]

See also

• Jabbar Choheili
• Salah Choheili
• Salem Choheili
• Taleb Doraji
• Mandaean Council of Ahvaz

References

1. "A Mandaean Priest's Dashed Hopes for Change in Iran". IranWire. 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
2. Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
3. "Rishamma Salah Choheili: July 2016, Chapter 2". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
4. "Rishamma Salah Choheili, Chapter 2(Ba)". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. Retrieved 2023-09-27 – via YouTube.
5. "صابئین مندایی خدمت به ایران را باعث افتخار می‌دانند". خبرگزاری خورنا (in Persian). 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
6. "دیدار رهبر صابئین مندایی ایران با سرپرست معاونت سیاسی و اجتماعی استانداری خوزستان". ایسنا (in Persian). 2022-06-07. Retrieved 2024-02-10.

External links

• Buta drabša (drabsha prayer from the Qulasta, CP 337-339 = Oxford Collection 4.8-11) as recited by Najah Choheili