Sahi Bashikh

{{Short description|Iranian Mandaean priest}}

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| birth_date = 1966

| birth_place = Susangerd, Khuzestan, Iran

| other_names = Sahi Khamisi
Mhatam Yuhana bar Hawa Simat ({{lang|myz|ࡌࡄࡀࡕࡀࡌ ࡉࡅࡄࡀࡍࡀ ࡁࡓ ࡄࡀࡅࡀ ࡎࡉࡌࡀࡕ}})

| years_active = 2019–present

| occupation = Mandaean priest

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| initiator = Khaldoon Majid Abdullah

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Tarmida Sahi Bashikh Al-Zahrooni ({{langx|ar|ساهي باشخ الزهروني}}, also known as Sahi Khamisi {{lang|ar|ساهي خمیسی}}; born 1966, in Susangerd, Khuzestan, Iran) is an Iranian-Australian Mandaean priest.{{cite web | title=A Mandaean Priest's Dashed Hopes for Change in Iran | website=IranWire | date=2022-03-18 | url=https://iranwire.com/en/features/68121/ | access-date=2024-07-11}} He is a priest at Yahya Yuhana Mandi in Sydney, Australia.{{cite book | first=Ian | last=Robins | url=https://mandaeanpriests.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/111 | chapter=Album: The Yahya Yuhana Mandi, Sydney | title=The Worlds of Mandaean Priests | date=July 2016 | accessdate=23 February 2022}}

Biography

He was born in Susangerd, Khuzestan, Iran in 1966 and lived in Ahvaz for most of his life. His Mandaean baptismal name is Mhatam Yuhana bar Hawa Simat ({{lang|myz|ࡌࡄࡀࡕࡀࡌ ࡉࡅࡄࡀࡍࡀ ࡁࡓ ࡄࡀࡅࡀ ࡎࡉࡌࡀࡕ}}). Sahi Bashikh emigrated to Sydney, Australia in 2017. In 2019, he was initiated as a tarmida by Ganzibra Khaldoon Majid Abdullah.{{cite web | title=طراسة الأخ الشوليا ساهي باشخ الزهيري (٢) | website=

Mandaean Faith | date=2024-03-06 | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIgzKIaeq5k | access-date=2024-07-11}} He currently lives in the Sydney metropolitan area with his wife and children.

Publications

His books include:{{cite thesis |last=Amirteimour |first=Iman |date=2017 |title=The Iranian Children of Adam: A study on the Iranian Sabaean Mandaean community |url=https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/57957/Masters--thesis-by-Iman-Amirteimour.pdf |degree=M.A. |publisher=University of Oslo}}

  • Khamisi, Sahi (2015). [https://www.gisoom.com/book/11182709/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF/ آیا صابئین مندایی را می‌شناسید؟] / Āyā Sābe’īn-e Mandāyī rā mishenāsīd? [Do You Know the Sabaean Mandaeans?]. Tehran: Yadavaran. {{ISBN|9789645824516}}. {{in lang|fa}}
  • [https://www.gisoom.com/book/1313921/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%82%D9%88%D9%85-%D9%87%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%87-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE/ صابئین قوم همیشه زنده تاریخ] / The Sabaeans are a living people throughout history. {{ISBN|9789648593181}}. {{in lang|fa}}
  • أبناء الحياة / The sons of Life. {{ISBN|9780975647509}}. {{in lang|ar}}

References

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