Rafid al-Rishama Abdallah al-Ganzibra Zahrun al-Rishama Abdallah al-Sabti (
Arabic: رافد الريشاما عبدالله الگنزبرا نجم الگنزبرا زهرون الريشاما عبدالله السبتي كنيانا عزيز; born 1965, Iraq[2]) is an Iraqi-Dutch
Mandaean priest in
Nijmegen, Netherlands.[3]
Biography
Al-Sabti was born in 1965 to
RishamaAbdullah, son of
Sheikh Neǧm, in Baghdad, Iraq.[4] He was initiated into the Mandaean priesthood by his father.[5]: 118 Al-Sabti later emigrated to the Netherlands.
Al-Sabti is the custodian of the Rbai Rafid Collection (RRC), a private collection of Mandaean manuscripts held in
Nijmegen, Netherlands.[6] Important manuscripts in the collection include different versions of the
Ginza Rabba and a copy of the Alma Rišaia Zuṭa known as Ms. RRC 3F,[7] as well as a qulasta inscribed on lead plates.[8]: 22
Publications
Mandaean prayer and various rituals (1988) / الصلاة المندائية - وبعض الطقوس الدينية
^Al-Sabtī, Rāfid ʻAbd Allāh Naǧm (2022). The treasure of life : the holy book of the Mandaeans : written in the original Mandaic tongue (in Aramaic). Nijmegen: RRC.
ISBN978-90-90-36005-8.
OCLC1351435847.