Sheikh Abdullah bar Negm was an Iraqi Mandaean priest who served as the Rishama of Baghdad, Iraq from 1981 to 1999.
A portrait of Abdullah bar Negm mounted on a wooden stand
A portrait of Rishama Abdullah bar Negm (left) next to a portrait of Rishama Sattar Jabbar Hilow (right) at the Sabian–Mandaean Mandi of Baghdad
Sheikh Abdullah bar Sam was an Iraqi Mandaean priest. He is known as the priestly initiator of Jabbar Choheili and Salah Choheili, as well as the father of physicist Abdul Jabbar Abdullah.
Abdullah bar Negm
…priest Relatives Ram Zihrun (great-grandfather) Religious life Religion Mandaeism Initiation Tarmida 1945 by Negm bar Zahroon Senior posting Predecessor Abdullah bar Sam Successor Sattar Jabbar Hilow Initiated Brikha Nasoraia Rafid al-Sabti Salwan Alkhamas Sheikh (Rishama) Abdullah bar Negm (Arabic: عبدالله ابن نجم…
Portrait of Ganzibra Sheikh Abdullah bar Sam at Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi
A portrait of Ganzibra Abdullah bar Sam (right) next to a portrait of Sheikh Dakhil Aidan (left) at the Sabian–Mandaean Mandi of Baghdad
A keychain with a portrait of Ganzibra Sam, the father of Ganzibra Abdullah