Abdullah bar Sam | |
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 Portrait of Ganzibra Sheikh Abdullah bar Sam at Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi | |
| Title | Ganzibra |
| Personal life | |
| Born | unknown; c. 1890? |
| Died | 1981 |
| Children | Abdul Jabbar Abdullah |
| Parent |
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| Citizenship | Iraqi |
| Other names | Adam Zihrun bar Sam |
| Occupation | Mandaean priest |
| Relatives | Sinan Abdullah (grandson) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Mandaeism |
| Senior posting | |
| Predecessor | Dakhil Aidan |
| Successor | Abdullah bar Negm |
| Initiated | Jabbar Choheili (1948), Salah Choheili (1976) |
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Sheikh (Rabbi) Abdullah bar Sam (Arabic: عبدالله ابن سام; born in Qal'at Saleh, Iraq; died 1981, Baghdad, Iraq) was an Iraqi Mandaean priest.[1] He is known as the priestly initiator of Jabbar Choheili and Salah Choheili,[2] as well as the father of physicist Abdul Jabbar Abdullah.[3]: 44
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