Choheili family | |
Native Name: | ࡊࡅࡄࡀࡉࡋࡉࡀ |
Native Name Lang: | myz |
Other Names: | Kuhailia, Kuhaili, Al-Kuhaili, Chohaili, Chohili |
Type: | Family |
Country: | Iran and Iraq |
Region: | Khuzestan and Lower Mesopotamia |
Origin: | Iran and Iraq |
Members: | Jabbar Choheili, Salah Choheili, Najah Choheili, Salem Choheili, Brikha Nasoraia |
Connected Members: | Taleb Doraji |
Other Families: | Khaffagi family |
Traditions: | Mandaean priestly family |
Choheili or Chohaili (Persian: چحیلی; Arabic: الكحيلي, Al-Kuhaili or Al-Kuhailia; ࡊࡅࡄࡀࡉࡋࡉࡀ|translit=Kuhailia) is an Iranian and Iraqi Mandaean surname or family name. The Choheili (Kuhailia) family has produced many Mandaean priests.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
Mandaean priest and professor Brikha Nasoraia also belongs to the Choheili family.[1] Ganzibra Taleb Doraji of Ahvaz is also connected to the Choheili family. Members of the Choheili family can trace their ancestry back to Adam Zakia, the father of Bihram Bar-Hiia, who lived around 1500 A.D.[1]
19th-century Mandaean priest Yahya Bihram's uncle Yahya Yuhana, of the Kuhailia (Choheili) clan, was a prominent copyist and ganzibra.[1]
Kuhailia scribes from the 15th to 17th centuries who are mentioned in the colophons of Mandaean texts include:[1]
Most prominent members of the Choheili family (including Rishama Salah Choheili and Salem Choheili), along with their family members, are fluent native speakers of Neo-Mandaic.