Sahi Bashikh Explained

Honorific Prefix:Tarmida
Sahi Bashikh
Native Name:ساهي باشخ
Native Name Lang:ar
Birth Date:1966
Birth Place:Susangerd, Khuzestan, Iran
Other Names:Sahi Khamisi
Occupation:Mandaean priest
Religion:Mandaeism
Congregations:Yahya Yuhana Mandi
Tarmida

Tarmida Sahi Bashikh Al-Zahrooni (ar|ساهي باشخ الزهروني, also known as Sahi Khamisi Arabic: 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

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

His books include:[4]

External links

Notes and References

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