Ram Zihrun

Ram Zihrun
ࡓࡀࡌ ࡆࡉࡄࡓࡅࡍ
TitleGanzibra
Personal
Bornlate 1700s
Died1800s
ReligionMandaeism
SpouseBibia Mudalal (Yahya Bihram's sister)
ParentSam Bihram (father)
Known forRevival of the Mandaean priesthood
Other namesRam Zihrun bar Sam Bihram
Sheikh Abdullah
OccupationMandaean priest
RelativesYahya Bihram (cousin)
Negm bar Zahroon (grandson)
Abdullah bar Negm (great-grandson)
Rafid al-Sabti (great-great-grandson)
Ardwan Al-Sabti (great-great-great-grandson)

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 

  1. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (1999). "Glimpses of A Life: Yahia Bihram, Mandaean priest". History of Religions. 39: 32–49. doi:10.1086/463572.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Buckley2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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