Many Mandaean masbuta ritual prayers invoke the name of Bihram.
[3] The name Bihram may have originally been derived from the Persian name Bahram, in reference to one or several of the Sasanian kings of the third century A.D.[2] Mandaeans consider Bihram to be the uthra of baptism.
[2] Similarly, in Sethianism, Micheus, Michar, and Mnesinous are three heavenly guardian spirits presiding over the baptism of the Living Water (see also Five Seals).
In the colophons of Mandaean texts, the name Bihram is also often mentioned for different priests and copyists of various eras.
[5] In chapter 3 of the Mandaean Book of John, Bihram, led by Nbaṭ and the uthras Gubran, Yawar, and Yukabar, helps lead a rebellion against Yushamin and his 21 sons.