Choheili family

Choheili family
ࡊࡅࡄࡀࡉࡋࡉࡀ

Kuhailia, Kuhaili, Al-Kuhaili, Chohaili, Chohili
Family
CountryIran and Iraq
Current region
Khuzestan and Lower Mesopotamia
Place of origin
Iran and Iraq
MembersJabbar Choheili, Salah Choheili, Najah Choheili, Salem Choheili, Brikha Nasoraia
Connected members
Taleb Doraji
Connected families
Khaffagi family
TraditionsMandaean priestly family

Choheili or Chohaili (Persian: چحیلی; Arabic: الكحيلي, Al-Kuhaili or Al-Kuhailia; Modern Mandaic: ࡊࡅࡄࡀࡉࡋࡉࡀ, romanized: Kuhailia) is an Iranian and Iraqi Mandaean surname or family name. The Choheili (Kuhailia) family has produced many Mandaean priests. Notable people with the surname include:

Mandaean priest and professor Brikha Nasoraia also belongs to the Choheili family.: 118  Ganzibra Taleb Doraji of Ahvaz is also connected to the Choheili family. Members of the Choheili family can trace their ancestry back to Adam Zakia, the father of Bihram Bar-Hiia, who lived around 1500 A.D.: 118 

19th-century Mandaean priest Yahya Bihram's uncle Yahya Yuhana, of the Kuhailia (Choheili) clan, was a prominent copyist and ganzibra.

In Mandaean colophons

Kuhailia scribes from the 15th to 17th centuries who are mentioned in the colophons of Mandaean texts include:

Neo-Mandaic

Most prominent members of the Choheili family (including Rishama Salah Choheili and Salem Choheili), along with their family members, are fluent native speakers of Neo-Mandaic.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
  2. ↑ 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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