Ram Zihrun
Ram Zihrun | |
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ࡓࡀࡌ ࡆࡉࡄࡓࡅࡍ | |
| Title | Ganzibra |
| Personal life | |
| Born | late 1700s |
| Died | 1800s |
| Spouse | Bibia Mudalal (Yahya Bihram's sister) |
| Parent | Sam Bihram (father) |
| Known for | Revival of the Mandaean priesthood |
| Other names | Ram Zihrun bar Sam Bihram Sheikh Abdullah |
| Occupation | Mandaean priest |
| Relatives | Yahya Bihram (cousin) Negm bar Zahroon (grandson) Abdullah bar Negm (great-grandson) Rafid al-Sabti (great-great-grandson) Ardwan Al-Sabti (great-great-great-grandson) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Mandaeism |
| Initiation | early 1830s Suq esh-Shuyuk by Yahya Bihram |
| Initiated | Yahya Bihram |
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Ram Zihrun (Classical Mandaic: ࡓࡀࡌ ࡆࡉࡄࡓࡅࡍ) was a 19th-century Mandaean priest. Although initially a learned layman (yalufa), he became known for reviving the Mandaean priesthood together with his cousin Yahya Bihram after a cholera epidemic had killed all living Mandaean priests in 1831. He is mentioned in the colophons of various Mandaean manuscripts.
Ram Zihrun was also informally known by Mandaeans as Sheikh Abdullah.: 183