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 |
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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.[1]
Ram Zihrun was also informally known by Mandaeans as Sheikh Abdullah.[2]: 183
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