Khaldoon Majid Abdullah | |
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خلدون ماجد عبدالله | |
 Ganzibra Khaldoon Majid Abdullah atYahya Yuhana Mandi duringParwanaya 2025 | |
| Title | Ganzibra |
| Personal life | |
| Born | (1963-03-16)March 16, 1963 (age 62) Amarah,Maysan Governorate, Iraq |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Other names | Adam bar Maliha (ࡀࡃࡀࡌ ࡁࡓ ࡌࡀࡋࡉࡄࡀ) |
| Occupation | Mandaean priest |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Mandaeism |
| Initiation | Tarmida 1995 Baghdad by Tarmida Khalaf Abed Raba and RishammaAbdullah bar negm |
| Initiated | Sahi Bashikh |
GanzibraKhaldoon Majid Abdullah (Arabic:خلدون ماجد عبدالله; born 16 March 1963, inAmarah,Maysan Governorate, Iraq) is an Iraqi-AustralianMandaean priest.[1] He is currently theganzibra (senior priest) ofYahya Yuhana Mandi (also known as Mandi Yehya Yahana or Mandi Yehya Youhanna[2]) inPrestons, New South Wales, Australia.[3]
Khaldoon Majid Abdullah was born on 16 March 1963 inAmarah,Maysan Governorate, Iraq. HisMandaean baptismal name isAdam bar Maliha (ࡀࡃࡀࡌ ࡁࡓ ࡌࡀࡋࡉࡄࡀ). His father died when he was 4 months old. When he was 7 years old, he moved to Baghdad.[4][5]
In 1995, he was initiated as atarmida by his rabbi, Tarmida Khalaf Abed Raba, when he was 32 years old. RishammaAbdullah bar Sam was the head priest supervising the initiation at the time.[4][5] Khaldoon Majid Abdullah later attained the rank ofganzibra and emigrated to Australia. In 2019, he initiatedSahi Bashikh, who had arrived in Australia from Iran in 2017, as atarmida.[6] As of 2023, he serves as the head priest of Yahya Yuhana Mandi in theSydney metropolitan area, Australia.
His mother's uncle was Sheikh Tarmida Salem Shukhair ofAmarah, who was initiated as a tarmida in 1967 and died in 2003.[4][5]
