Khaffagi family

The Khaffagi (also spelled Khaffagy, Khaffajy, Khafajy; Persian: خفاجي; Arabic: خفاجی or الخفاجي; written Mandaic: Kupašia ࡊࡅࡐࡀࡔࡉࡀ) family is a Mandaean priestly family with origins in Khuzestan, Iran, although some family members also lived in southern Iraq.^[1] The family's genealogy can be traced back to the mid-1400s in Khuzestan.^[2]: 52

Khaffagi family ࡊࡅࡐࡀࡔࡉࡀ Kupašia
Family
Country	Iraq and Iran
Current region	Lower Mesopotamia and Khuzestan
Place of origin	Iran and Iraq
Members	Ram Zihrun, Abdullah Khaffagi, Negm bar Zahroon, Abdullah bar Negm, Rafid al-Sabti
Connected families	Choheili family
Traditions	Mandaean priestly family

Other Mandaean priestly families include the Manduia, Kuhailia (Choheili), and Durakia (Dorragi) lineages, the latter two with origins primarily in Khuzestan, Iran.^[2]

Family members

Notable family members include:

• Ram Zihrun (late 1700s–1800s)
• Abdullah Khaffagi (c. 1880–1975); baptismal name: Sam Yuhana bar Bihram bar Ram Zihrun
• Negm bar Zahroon (1892–1976); baptismal name: Adam Negm bar Zakia Zihrun bar Ram Zihrun
• Abdullah bar Negm (early 1900s–2009)
• Rafid al-Sabti (born 1965)
• Ardwan Al-Sabti^[3]
• Bihram Khaffagi, a tarmida in Ahvaz, Iran^[4][5]

During the 21st century, some members of the family are now based in Nijmegen, Netherlands, where many of the family's Mandaic manuscripts are now archived as part of the Rbai Rafid Collection (RRC).^[6] Other manuscripts belonging to the family are currently being held in Ahvaz, Iran and Baghdad, Iraq.

See also

• List of Mandaean priests
• Choheili family