Salah Choheili
Mandaean priest
Sheikh Salah Choheili (1952 –) is an Iranian Mandaean priest in Australia. He is currently the ganzibra (senior priest) of the Ganzibra Dakhil Mandi in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
Quotes about Salah Choheili edit
- Sheikh Salah ... traveled there [to Australia] twice to perform rituals for the emigrated Mandaeans and to ready himself for his move. The sheikh’s travels astonished me. The risk! On his first air segment, Sheikh Salah ate nothing but stopped over in Malaysia to rest, eat, and purify himself. Coming from Ahwaz, he had entered the Tehran airport carrying two bottles of water from the river Karun, only to have one bottle rendered useless by a customs official who suspected liquor. The presence of Mandaean leaders, with their white clothes and dignified long beards, made a deep impression on the airport personnel, who whisked them through the electronic controls.
- Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 66. ISBN 0-19-515385-5.
