Salwan Alkhamas
Iraqi-Swedish Mandaean priest
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Ganzibra Salwan Alkhamas (سلوان الخماس, also known as Salwan Shakir Khamas;[1] born 27 March 1970, Basra Governorate, Iraq) is an Iraqi-Swedish Mandaean priest currently serving as the head priest of the Mandaean community in Sweden.[2]
Salwan Alkhamas | |
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سلوان الخماس | |
Salwan Alkhamas at his engagement ceremony in Ahvaz, Iran in 2015 | |
| Title | Ganzibra |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 27 March 1970 Basra Governorate, Iraq |
| Other name | Salwan Shakir Khamas |
| Occupation | Mandaean priest |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Mandaeism |
| Initiation | Tarmida November 11, 1989 Baghdad by Abdullah bar Negm |
| Senior posting | |
Initiated | Tarmida Majid Dakhil, Tarmida Asaad Dakhil, Tarmida Maksim Al-Saeedi, Tarmida Thamir Jabbar Shamkhi |
Biography
Born in Basra Governorate, Salwan Alkhamas moved to Baghdad with his family in 1986 and completed his university studies there. On November 11, 1989, he was ordained as a tarmida by Ganzibra Abdullah bar Negm and then moved to Basra to serve as a Mandaean priest. In 1995, he moved back to Baghdad, and then to Stockholm, Sweden in 1998. He initially served as a priest in Sandviken during the early 2000s.[3] In 2010, Salwan Alkhamas was became a ganzibra. He then became the head priest of the Södertälje mandi and currently serves as the Rishama of the Mandaean community in Sweden and Finland.[1]
Salwan Alkhamas has initiated Tarmida Majid Dakhil (الترميذا ماجد داخل), Tarmida Asaad Dakhil (الترميذا اسعد داخل), Tarmida Maksim Al-Saeedi (الترميذا مكسيم السعيدي), and Tarmida Thamir Jabbar Shamkhi (الترميذا ثامر جابر شمخي).
