Khaldoon Majid Abdullah
Khaldoon Majid Abdullah | |
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| Born | Khaldoon Majid Abdullah March 16, 1963 Amarah, Maysan Governorate, Iraq |
| Occupation | Mandaean priest (ganzibra) |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Known for | Chief priest at Yahya Yuhana Mandi in Prestons, New South Wales, Australia |
Ganzibra Khaldoon Majid Abdullah (; born 16 March 1963 in Amarah, Maysan Governorate, Iraq) is a Mandaean priest of Iraqi-Australian heritage. He presently serves as the ganzibra (chief priest) at Yahya Yuhana Mandi—also referred to as Mandi Yehya Yahana or Mandi Yehya YouhannaCite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name—located in Prestons, New South Wales, Australia.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name
Biography
Born in Amarah, Iraq on 16 March 1963, Khaldoon Majid Abdullah holds the Mandaean baptismal name Adam bar Maliha (). His father passed away when Khaldoon was only four months old. At seven years old, he relocated to Baghdad.[1]
In 1995, at the age of 32, he was ordained as a tarmida by Tarmida Khalaf Abed Raba under the guidance of Rishamma Abdullah bar Sam.[1] Subsequently, he advanced to the rank of ganzibra and later emigrated to Australia. In 2019, he performed the initiation of Sahi Bashikh, who had arrived from Iran in 2017, into the priesthood as a tarmida.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name As of 2023, he is the head of Yahya Yuhana Mandi within the Sydney metropolitan region.
His maternal great-uncle was Sheikh Tarmida Salem Shukhair from Amarah, who was ordained as a tarmida in 1967 and passed away in 2003.[1]
See also
External links
- LinkedIn profile
- Video of Tarmida Khaldoon Majid Abdullah in Australia (2016) demonstrating and explaining the Lofani/Dokhrani ceremony