Najah Choheili Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Ganzibra
Najah Choheili
Native Name:	نجاح چحیلی
Native Name Lang:	fa
Citizenship:	Iranian
Birth Place:	Ahvaz, Iran
Other Names:	Najah al-Kuhaili
Occupation:	Head of the Mandaean Council of Ahvaz
Father:	Jabbar Choheili
Relatives:	Salah Choheili (brother)
Religion:	Mandaeism
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Ganzibra Najah Choheili (fa|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

External links

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

Notes and References

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