Mandaeans
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Mandaeans (Mandaic: ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀࡉࡉࡀ) ( ), also known as Mandaean Sabians ( ) or simply as Sabians ( ), are an ethnoreligious group who are followers of Mandaeism. They believe that John the Baptist was the final and most important prophet.
Key facts
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- Mandaeans
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- File:Celebration of Mandaean New Year in Khuzestan, Iran.jpg
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- Mandaeans in prayer, Iran
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- 3,000–6,000
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- 2,500 (2015)
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- 1,400–2,500
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- 1,000 (2015)
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- 10,000–20,000
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- 8,000–10,000
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- 4,000
- Religious group.pop3
- 5,000–7,000
- Religious group.pop7
- 2,500
- Religious group.pop11
- 1,000
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- 2,200–3,000Verschiedene Gemeinschaften / neuere religiöse Bewegungen, in: ''Religionswissenschaftlicher Medien- und Informationsdienst
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- 650–1,200
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- 100 families
- Religious group.pop12
- 1,000
- Religious group.pop15
- 500
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32 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Origin
- Parthian and Sasanian period
- Islamic period
- Early modern period
- Modern Iraq and Iran
- Population
- Iraqi Mandaeans
- Notable Iraqi Mandaeans
- Iranian Mandaeans
- Notable Iranian Mandaeans
- Other Middle Eastern Mandaeans
- Diaspora
- Australia
- Sweden
- United States
- Religion
- Scholarship
- Other names
- Sabians
- Nasoraeans
- Language
- Genetics
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Works cited
- Bibliography
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- External links
Mandaeans (Mandaic: ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀࡉࡉࡀ) ( ), also known as Mandaean Sabians ( ) or simply as Sabians ( ), are an ethnoreligious group who are followers of Mandaeism. They believe that John the Baptist was the final and most important prophet.
They may have been among the earliest religious groups to practise baptism, as well as among the earliest adherents of Gnosticism, a belief system of which they are the last surviving representatives. The Mandaeans were originally native speakers of Mandaic, an Eastern Aramaic language, before they nearly all switched to Mesopotamian Arabic or Persian as their main language.