Sinan Abdullah Explained

Sinan Abdullah
Birth Name:Sinan Abdul Jabbar Abdullah
Birth Date:March 18, 1947
Birth Place:United States
Nationality:American
Other Names:Sinan A. J. Abdullah
Occupation:Dentist
Father:Abdul Jabbar Abdullah
Relatives:Abdullah bar Sam (grandfather)
Haithem Abdullah (twin brother)
Spouse:Rand Abdullah

Sinan Abdul Jabbar Abdullah (born 1947; Arabic: سنان عبد الله) is a Mandaean-American dentist and community leader. He and his twin brother Haithem are known as the first American-born Mandaeans.

Biography

Sinan Abdullah (full name: Sinan Abdul Jabbar Abdullah, Arabic: سنان عبد الجبار عبد الله) was born in 1947. His father Abdul Jabbar Abdullah was a physicist and university administrator who immigrated to the United States from Iraq, while his paternal grandfather was the Mandaean priest Ganzibra Abdullah bar Sam.[1] He and his twin brother Haithem were the first Mandaeans born in the United States. In 1979, Sinan married his wife Rand in Iraq. Their wedding ceremony was officiated by his grandfather, Ganzibra Abdullah bar Sam.

Sinan Abdullah is a dentist who has lived in Niskayuna, New York; Colonie, New York; and other locations.[2] He owns various Mandaean manuscripts that were analyzed by scholars such as Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley[3] and Charles G. Häberl, including a photocopy of a manuscript of the Mandaean Book of John that was copied by Salem Choheili (Mandaean baptismal name: Bayan, son of Sharat) on April 12, 1989.[4]

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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. Web site: These Iraqi immigrants revere John the Baptist, but they're not Christians . The World from PRX . 2016-10-06 . 2024-02-06.
  3. 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.
  4. Book: Haberl. Charles . McGrath . James. The Mandaean Book of John: critical edition, translation, and commentary. De Gruyter. Berlin. 2020. 978-3-11-048651-3. 1129155601.