Sahi Bashikh

Sahi Bashikh
ساهي باشخ
Tarmida Sahi Bashikh in front of a shkinta at Yahya Yuhana Mandi
TitleTarmida
Personal
Born1966
ReligionMandaeism
Other namesSahi Khamisi
OccupationMandaean priest

Tarmida Sahi Bashikh Al-Zahrooni (Arabic: ساهي باشخ الزهروني, also known as Sahi Khamisi ساهي خمیسی; born 1966, in Susangerd, Khuzestan, Iran) is an Iranian-Australian Mandaean priest.[1] He is a priest at Yahya Yuhana Mandi in Sydney, Australia.[2]

Biography

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He was born in Susangerd, Khuzestan, Iran in 1966 and lived in Ahvaz for most of his life. He emigrated to Sydney, Australia in the mid-2010s, where he was initiated as a tarmida by Ganzibra Khaldoon Majid Abdullah.[3]

Publications

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His books include:[4]

  • Khamisi, Sahi (2015). آیا صابئین مندایی را می‌شناسید؟ / Āyā Sābe’īn-e Mandāyī rā mishenāsīd? [Do You Know the Sabaean Mandaeans?]. Tehran: Yadavaran. ISBN 9789645824516. (in Persian)
  • صابئین قوم همیشه زنده تاریخ / The Sabaeans are a living people throughout history. ISBN 9789648593181. (in Persian)
  • أبناء الحياة / The sons of Life. ISBN 9780975647509. (in Arabic)

References

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  1. ^ "A Mandaean Priest's Dashed Hopes for Change in Iran". IranWire. 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  2. ^ Robins, Ian (July 2016). "Album: The Yahya Yuhana Mandi, Sydney". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  3. ^ "طراسة الأخ الشوليا ساهي باشخ الزهيري (٢)". Mandaean Faith. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  4. ^ Amirteimour, Iman (2017). The Iranian Children of Adam: A study on the Iranian Sabaean Mandaean community (PDF) (M.A. thesis). University of Oslo.
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