Jabbar Choheili

Rishama Jabbar Choheili
جبار چحیلی
Portrait of Jabbar Choheili displayed at the Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, where his son Salah Choheili is currently serving as the head priest
Title	Ganzibra
Personal
Born	1923 Ahvaz, Sublime State of Persia (present-day Iran)
Died	December 27, 2014(2014-12-27) (aged 91) Ahvaz, Iran
Religion	Mandaeism
Children	Salah Choheili Najah Choheili Nargess Choheili
Citizenship	Iranian
Other names	Mhatam Yuhana bar Sharat, Mhatam Yuhana bar Yahya
Occupation	Head of the Mandaean Council of Ahvaz in Ahvaz, Iran
Relatives	Abood Tawoosie (brother) Taleb Doraji (cousin)

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Sheikh (Rabbi)^[1] Ganzibra Jabbar Choheili (Persian: جبار چحیلی, also known as Sheikh Jabbar Ṭawūsī Al-Kuhaili, Arabic: جبار طاووس الكحيلي; born 1923, died December 27, 2014) was an Iranian Mandaean priest. the head of the Mandaean Council of Ahvaz, which presides over the Mandaean community of Iran.^[2]