Al-Mubaraki is a Mandaean who was born in Iraq. He was trained as an engineer.[2] Al-Mubaraki emigrated to Australia before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he lived in Northbridge, but later moved to Luddenham.
The full Ginza Rba in printed Mandaic script, compiled primarily from the Mhatam Zihrun br rbai Adam manuscript from Iraq (copied in 1898 and dated 6 July 1899),[3] was first published by Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki, Brikha Nasoraia (as Rbai Haitham Saeed), and Brian Mubaraki in Sydney in March 1998 during Parwanaya.[4][5][6] A Roman transliteration of the entire Ginza Rba was also published in 1998 by Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki and Brian Mubaraki.[7][8] The Concordance of the Mandaean Ginza Rba was published by Brian Mubaraki and Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki in 2004.[9]
In 1999, Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki, Brikha Nasoraia, and Brian Mubaraki published a two-volume set of the Qulasta prayers printed in Mandaic script.[10]
Mandaic texts
Below is a list of Mandaic texts edited and transcribed by Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki along with his son Brian Mubaraki.[11]
Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi; Mubaraki, Brian (2010). Qulasta – Sidra d Nishmata / Mandaean Liturgical Prayer Book (Book of Souls). Vol. 1. Luddenham, New South Wales: Mandaean Research Centre. ISBN9781876888145. (1998 edition: ISBN 0-9585705-1-5)
Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi; Mubaraki, Brian (2010). Qulasta – 'niania & Qabina / Mandaean Liturgical Prayer Book (Responses & Marriage). Vol. 2. Luddenham, New South Wales: Mandaean Research Centre. ISBN9781876888152. (1999 edition: ISBN 0-9585704-4-X)
Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi; Mubaraki, Brian (2010). Qulasta – 'niania / The Mandaean Prayer Book – Responses. Luddenham, New South Wales: Mandaean Research Centre. ISBN9781876888121.
Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi; Mubaraki, Brian (2010). Ginza Rba (The Great Treasure). Luddenham, New South Wales: Mandaean Research Centre. ISBN9781876888138. (1998 edition: ISBN0-646-35222-9; 1999 transliteration: ISBN0-9585705-2-3)
Mandaean Diwans: Sacred Scrolls series
Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi; Mubaraki, Brian (2010). Diwan Nahrauatha. Mandaean Diwans: Sacred Scrolls. Vol. 1. Luddenham, New South Wales: Mandaean Research Centre. ISBN9781876888169. (2002 edition: ISBN1876888016)
Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi; Mubaraki, Brian (2010). Haran Gauaitha. Mandaean Diwans: Sacred Scrolls. Vol. 2. Luddenham, New South Wales: Mandaean Research Centre. ISBN9781876888176. (2002 edition: ISBN1876888024)
Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi; Mubaraki, Brian (2010). Diwan Malkutha 'laitha. Mandaean Diwans: Sacred Scrolls. Vol. 3. Luddenham, New South Wales: Mandaean Research Centre. ISBN9781876888183. (2002 edition: ISBN1876888032)
Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi; Mubaraki, Brian (2010). Diwan Alma Rishaia Zuta. Mandaean Diwans: Sacred Scrolls. Vol. 5. Luddenham, New South Wales: Mandaean Research Centre. ISBN9781876888206. (2002 edition: ISBN1876888059)
Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi; Mubaraki, Brian (2010). Diwan Dmuth Kushta. Mandaean Diwans: Sacred Scrolls. Vol. 6. Luddenham, New South Wales: Mandaean Research Centre. ISBN9781876888213. (2002 edition: ISBN1876888067)
Books (Arabic and English)
Below is a list of Arabic and English books authored by Al-Mubaraki.[11]
Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi (2000). The Mandaean Rasta: its making and wearing. ISBN0958570566.
Mandaic language education materials
Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi (2001). A Mandaean language teaching book: a beginners book for the learning-teaching of the Mandaic language. ISBN0958570590.
Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi (2006). A Mandaic dictionary: Mandaic-English. ISBN1876888105.
Arabic books
Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi (2000). Studies in Mandaeanism: History and Beliefs / Deerasat Mandaeah: Tareekh w-Mugtaadat (in Arabic). Northbridge, New South Wales. ISBN0-9585705-5-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi (2018). Al mandaean: seralbaqa ... wal-haiat menasera / The Mandaeans: secret of survival and life is victorious (in Arabic). ISBN9781876888121.
Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi (2020). Rijal al-dean al-mandaean 1800-2000: tarsimuhum arauhum wa-mauqifuhum / The Mandaean priests 1800-2000 (in Arabic). ISBN9781876888237.
Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi (2020). Rijal al-dean al-Mandaean fee al-Qarn al-Hadi w al-Eshreen / The Mandaean priests in twenty first century (in Arabic). ISBN 9781876888245.
Al-Mubaraki, Majid Fandi (2023). al-Nabatat w-al-tqoos al-Mandaiia: al-Maana w- al- esteemal / The plants and the Mandaeans rites: the meaning and use (in Arabic). ISBN9781876888251.
^Häberl, Charles G. (2023). The book of kings and the explanations of this world: a universal history from the Late Sasanian Empire. Translated texts for historians. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN978-1-80085-627-1.
^Majid Fandi Al-Mubaraki, Haitham Mahdi Saeed, and Brian Mubaraki (eds.) (1998). Ginza Rabba: The Great Treasure. Northbridge, New South Wales: The Mandaean Research Centre. ISBN0-646-35222-9.
^Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2010). The great stem of souls: reconstructing Mandaean history. Piscataway, N.J: Gorgias Press. ISBN978-1-59333-621-9.
^Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN0-19-515385-5. OCLC65198443.