Taleb Doraji Explained

Honorific Prefix:Ganzibra
Taleb Doraji
Native Name Lang:fa
Citizenship:Iranian
Birth Date:1937
Birth Place:Ahvaz, Iran
Occupation:Mandaean priest and goldsmith
Relatives:Jabbar Choheili (cousin)
Religion:Mandaeism
Ganzibra

Ganzibra Taleb Doraji (also spelled Taleb Doragi, Taleb Dorragi, or Talib Durašia (ࡕࡀࡋࡉࡁ ࡃࡅࡓࡀࡔࡉࡀ); born 1937 in Ahvaz, Iran) is an Iranian Mandaean priest and goldsmith from Ahvaz, Khuzestan.[1]

He became a tarmida in 1998 and later attained the rank of ganzibra.[2]

Biography

Taleb Doraji was born in Ahvaz in 1937. He is the cousin of Jabbar Choheili, since they both have the same grandfather, named Salim. Taleb Doraji is a member of the Durašia (also spelled Durakia in the colophons of Mandaean texts; modern Persianized pronunciation: "Doraji") clan.[3]

On June 13, 1999, Taleb Doraji (who had just become a tarmida a year earlier), together with Ganzibra Salah Choheili from Ahvaz, performed the first-ever masbuta on a university campus and at an academic conference, the ARAM 13th International Conference at Harvard University. The masbuta was performed in the Charles River, with Salem Choheili and his brother assisting as shgandas.[4] [5]

Taleb Doraji is a goldsmith who owns a jewellery shop in the Ahvaz bazaar. His shop is called the Sheikh Jabbar Tawusi jewellery shop (Persian: طلاسازی شيخ جبار طاوسی), which is named in honor of his cousin Ganzibra Jabbar Choheili.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ganzibra Taleb Doraji, April 2015 . The Worlds of Mandaean Priests . 2024-02-04 . 2024-02-04.
  2. Web site: Talib Doraji . YouTube . 2023-09-30.
  3. Book: Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen. The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Gorgias Press. Piscataway, N.J. 2010. 978-1-59333-621-9.
  4. Web site: Mandaean Masbuta 13th June 1999 Aram conference . The Worlds of Mandaean Priests . 2017-11-29 . 2024-02-03.
  5. 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.