Bibia Mudalal Explained

Bibia Mudalal
Native Name:ࡁࡉࡁࡉࡀ ࡌࡅࡃࡀࡋࡀࡋ
Native Name Lang:myz
Birth Date:unknown; perhaps
Birth Place:Ottoman Empire
Death Date:1800s
Occupation:Mandaean priest
Spouse:Ram Zihrun
Relatives:Yahya Bihram (brother)
Negm bar Zahroon (grandson)
Abdullah bar Negm (great-grandson)
Rafid al-Sabti (great-great-grandson)
Ardwan Al-Sabti (great-great-great-grandson)
Religion:Mandaeism

Bibia Mudalal (ࡁࡉࡁࡉࡀ ࡌࡅࡃࡀࡋࡀࡋ) was a 19th-century Mandaean priest and scribe. She was perhaps the last Mandaean female priest. She is known as the wife of Ram Zihrun.[1]

Bibia Mudalal's mother was Hawa Simat, and her father was Adam Yuhana, son of Sam. Her father came from the Kamisia and Riš Draz families.[2] She was a scribe who copied the Ginza Rabba and also a priest who was likely initiated before the 1831 cholera epidemic that killed all of the other Mandaean priests.[1]

Bibia Mudalal was the grandmother of Sheikh Negm (or Sheikh Nejm; born 1892 in Huwaiza, Iran), who copied many manuscripts for E. S. Drower.[2]

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Notes and References

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