Negm bar Zahroon
Negm bar Zahroon | |
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A keychain with a portrait of Negm bar Zahroon | |
| Title | Ganzibra |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1892 |
| Died | 1976 Qal'at Saleh, Iraq |
| Children | Rabbi Abdullah bar Negm |
| Citizenship | Iraqi |
| Known for | Procuring and copying Drower Collection manuscripts |
| Other names | Adam Negm bar Zakia Zihrun |
| Occupation | Mandaean priest |
| Relatives | Abdullah Khaffagi (cousin) Ram Zihrun (grandfather) Bibia Mudalal (grandmother) Rafid al-Sabti (grandson) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Mandaeism |
| Initiation | Tarmida 1920 Liṭlaṭa, Qal'at Saleh by Sheikh Damouk and Sheikh Sahan |
| Initiated | Abdullah bar Negm |
Ganzibra Negm bar Zahroon (baptismal name: Adam Negm bar Zakia Zihrun ࡀࡃࡀࡌ ࡍࡉࡂࡌ ࡁࡓ ࡆࡀࡊࡉࡀ ࡆࡉࡄࡓࡅࡍ; Arabic: الشيخ نجم ابن زهرون; born 1892, Huwaiza; died 1976, Qal'at Saleh District) was a Mandaean priest. He is known for his role as E. S. Drower's main field consultant who helped her procure dozens of Mandaic texts, now kept in the Bodleian Library's Drower Collection.: 156