Choheili
| Language(s) | Mandaic |
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| Origin | |
| Region of origin | Khuzestan, Iran |
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| Variant form(s) | Chohaili, Kuhaili, Kuhailia, Al-Kuhaili |
Choheili or Chohaili (Persian: چحیلی; Arabic: الكحيلي, Al-Kuhaili or Al-Kuhailia; Modern Mandaic: ࡊࡅࡄࡀࡉࡋࡉࡀ, romanized: Kuhailia) is an Iranian Mandaean surname or family name. The Choheili (Kuhailia) family has produced many Mandaean priests.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Jabbar Choheili (1923–2014), Mandaean priest from Iran
- Salah Choheili (born 1952), Mandaean priest in Australia
- Najah Choheili, Mandaean priest in Iran
- Salem Choheili (born 1935), a shganda and yalufa (learned Mandaean layman) in Ahvaz, Iran[2]
Mandaean priest and professor Brikha Nasoraia also belongs to the Choheili family.[1]: 118 Ganzibra Taleb Doraji of Ahvaz is also connected to the Choheili family.
19th-century Mandaean priest Yahya Bihram's uncle Yahya Yuhana, of the Kuhailia (Choheili) clan, was a prominent copyist and ganzibra.[1]
In Mandaean colophons[edit]
Kuhailia scribes from the 15th to 17th centuries who are mentioned in the colophons of Mandaean texts include:[1]
- Baktiar br Adam Mhatam, Kuhailia
- Bihram BrHiia br Adam Zakia, Kuhailia (the elder, fl. 1400s; one of the earliest known ancestors of the Kuhailia clan
- Bihram BrHiia br (Adam) Baktiar, Kuhailia (the younger; nephew of Bihram BrHiia, above)
- Mhatam Zihrun br Baktiar/Yahia BrHiia, Kuhailia (husband of Yasmin Mudalal; uncle of Bihram BrHiia the elder)
- Ram Kuhailia (fl. 1560)
- Ram Yuhana br Yahia Baktiar, Kuhailia (c. 1580)
- Yahia Yuhana br Ram, Kuhailia (brother of Zakia Zihrun; fl. 1600s)
- Zakia Zihrun br Ram Kuhailia (brother of Yahia Yuhana br Ram; fl. 1677)
- Yahia br Adam Kuhailia
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
- ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2023). 1800 Years of Encounters with Mandaeans. Gorgias Mandaean Studies. Vol. 5. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-4632-4132-2. ISSN 1935-441X.
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