Nasser Sobbi
Iranian-American Mandaean scribe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nasser Sobbi (Persian: ناصر صبي; born March 13, 1924, Khorramshahr; died December 22, 2018, Flushing, Queens) was an Iranian-American Mandaean scribe, manuscript collector, and goldsmith[1]: 65 who was known as one of the last remaining fully fluent native speakers of Neo-Mandaic. He was a yalufa (learned Mandaean layman), though not a formally ordained Mandaean priest.[1]
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Born | (1924-03-13)March 13, 1924 Khorramshahr, Iran |
Died | December 22, 2018(2018-12-22) (aged 94) Flushing, Queens, New York, United States |
Nationality | Iranian, American |
Other names | Adam bar Mahnuš |
Occupation | Scribe |
Notable work | Ginza Rabba (1989 handwritten copy) |
Spouse | Shukrieh Sobbi |
Children | 5 |
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