Bibia Mudalal | |
|---|---|
ࡁࡉࡁࡉࡀ ࡌࡅࡃࡀࡋࡀࡋ | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | unknown; perhaps c. 1800 |
| Died | 1800s |
| Spouse | Ram Zihrun |
| Occupation | Mandaean priest |
| Relatives | Yahya Bihram (brother) Negm bar Zahroon (grandson) Abdullah bar Negm (great-grandson) Rafid al-Sabti (great-great-grandson) Ardwan Al-Sabti (great-great-great-grandson) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Mandaeism |
Bibia Mudalal (Classical Mandaic: ࡁࡉࡁࡉࡀ ࡌࡅࡃࡀࡋࡀࡋ, Modern Mandaic pronunciation: [ˈbibi muˈdælæl]1) was a 19th-century Mandaean priest and scribe. She was perhaps the last Mandaean female priest. She is known as the wife of Ram Zihrun.2
Bibia Mudalal's mother was Hawa Simat, and her father was Adam Yuhana, son of Sam.3: 66 Her father came from the Kamisia and Riš Draz families.3: 71 She was a scribe who copied the Ginza Rabba and also a priest who was likely initiated before the 1831 cholera epidemic that killed all of the other Mandaean priests.2
Bibia Mudalal was the grandmother of Sheikh Negm (or Sheikh Nejm; born 1892 in Huwaiza, Iran), who copied many manuscripts for E. S. Drower.3
References
References
- "ࡈࡀࡁ ࡈࡀࡁࡀ ࡋࡈࡀࡁࡇ/طاڤ طاڤا لطاڤَه". Mandaic Ayna School. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
- Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.