Choheili

Choheili
چحیلی
Origin
Region of origin	Khuzestan, Iran
Other names
Variant form(s)	Chohaili, Kuhaili, Kuhailia, Al-Kuhaili

Choheili or Chohaili (Persian: چحیلی; Arabic: الكحيلي, Al-Kuhaili or Al-Kuhailia) is an Iranian Mandaean surname or clan name. The Choheili (Kuhailia) clan has produced many Mandaean priests.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

Jabbar Choheili (1923–2014), Mandaean priest from Iran
Salah Choheili (born 1952), Mandaean priest in Australia

Mandaean priest and professor Brikha Nasoraia also belongs to the Choheili family.[1]^: 118

19th-century Mandaean priest Yahya Bihram's uncle Yahya Yuhana, of the Kuhailia (Choheili) clan, was a prominent copyist and ganzibra.[1]

References

Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.

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[Buckley2010-1] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.