Abdullah bar Sam
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) |
Sheikh (Rabbi) Abdullah bar Sam (Arabic: عبدالله ابن سام; born in Qal'at Saleh, Iraq; died 1981, Baghdad, Iraq) was an Iraqi Mandaean priest. He is known as the priestly initiator of Jabbar Choheili and Salah Choheili, as well as the father of physicist Abdul Jabbar Abdullah.: 44