Abdullah bar Sam

Sheikh Abdullah bar Sam (Arabic: عبدالله ابن سام; born in Qal'at Saleh, Iraq; died 1981, Baghdad, Iraq) 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.:44

Abdullah bar Sam
Portrait of Ganzibra Sheikh Abdullah bar Sam at the Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi
TitleGanzibra
Personal
Bornunknown; c.1890?
Died1981
ReligionMandaeism
ChildrenAbdul Jabbar Abdullah
Parent
  • Sam, son of Jabbar (father)
CitizenshipIraqi
Other namesAdam Zihrun bar Sam
OccupationMandaean priest
RelativesSinan Abdullah (grandson)
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