Sattar Jabbar Hilow

Rishama Sattar Jabbar Hilow al-Zahrooni (Arabic: الريش امه ستار جبار حلو الزهروني;^[1][2] also known as His Holiness Ganzevra Sattar Jabbar Hilo al-Zahrony;^[3] born 1956, Al-Kahla, Maysan Governorate, Iraq) is the patriarch and international head of the Mandaean religion. He is currently based in Baghdad, Iraq,^[4][5] where he has served as the head of the Sabian–Mandaean Mandi of Baghdad since 2000.^[6] The head priest before him was Rishama Abdullah bar Negm, who had served as the head priest of the Sabian–Mandaean Mandi of Baghdad from 1981 to 1999.

Rishama Sattar Jabbar Hilow al-Zahrooni
ستار جبار حلو الزهروني
Rishama Sattar Jabbar Hilo in 2008
Title	Rishama
Personal life
Born	1956 (age 68–69) Al-Kahla, Maysan Governorate, Kingdom of Iraq (present-day Iraq)
Citizenship	Iraqi
Other names	Sattar Jabar Hilow
Occupation	Patriarch of the Mandaeans
Religious life
Religion	Mandaeism
Senior posting
Predecessor	Abdullah bar Negm

Sattar Jabbar Hilow (left) examining a tarmida candidate's knowledge of the Mandaic language and rituals in 2008

Rishamma Sattar Jabar Hilow in July 2016

Rishama Sattar Jabbar Hilow has spoken at many conferences and seminars abroad to raise awareness of the human rights crisis among the Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran.^[7][8]

See also

• Dakhil Aidan, the Mandaean patriarch from 1917 to 1964 in Iraq
• Abdullah bar Negm, a former Mandaean patriarch of Baghdad
• Jabbar Choheili, a former Mandaean patriarch of Ahvaz, Iran
• Salah Choheili, the current Mandaean patriarch in Australia
• Yahya Bihram, a 19th-century Mandaean priest (from Iraq)