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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
He was born in Susangerd, Khuzestan, Iran in 1966 and lived in Ahvaz for most of his life. His Mandaean baptismal name is Mhatam Yuhana bar Hawa Simat (ࡌࡄࡀࡕࡀࡌ ࡉࡅࡄࡀࡍࡀ ࡁࡓ ࡄࡀࡅࡀ ࡎࡉࡌࡀࡕ). Sahi Bashikh emigrated to Sydney, Australia in 2017. In 2019, he was initiated as a tarmida by Ganzibra Khaldoon Majid Abdullah.[3] He currently lives in the Sydney metropolitan area with his wife and children.
Publications
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
- ^ “A Mandaean Priest’s Dashed Hopes for Change in Iran”. IranWire. 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
- ^ Robins, Ian (July 2016). “Album: The Yahya Yuhana Mandi, Sydney”. The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ “طراسة الأخ الشوليا ساهي باشخ الزهيري (٢)”. Mandaean Faith. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
- ^ Amirteimour, Iman (2017). The Iranian Children of Adam: A study on the Iranian Sabaean Mandaean community (PDF) (M.A. thesis). University of Oslo.
