Khaldoon Majid Abdullah was born on 16 March 1963 in
Amarah,
Maysan Governorate, Iraq. His
Mandaean baptismal name is
Adam bar Maliha (). His father died when he was 4 months old. When he was 7 years old, he moved to Baghdad. As of 2023, he serves as the head priest of Yahya Yuhana Mandi in the
Sydney metropolitan area, Australia. His mother's uncle was Sheikh Tarmida Salem Shukhair of
Amarah, who was initiated as a tarmida in 1967 and died in 2003. ==See also==