Choheili family explained

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]

In Mandaean colophons

Kuhailia scribes from the 15th to 17th centuries who are mentioned in the colophons of Mandaean texts include:[1]

Neo-Mandaic

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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen. The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Gorgias Press. Piscataway, N.J. 2010. 978-1-59333-621-9.
  2. Book: Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen. 1800 Years of Encounters with Mandaeans. 2023. Piscataway, NJ. Gorgias Press. Gorgias Mandaean Studies. 5. 1935-441X. 978-1-4632-4132-2.