Sheikh (Rabbi)[1] Ganzibra Dakhil Aidan (also spelled Dakheel Edan or Dakhil Idan,[2] Arabic: دخيل عيدان; Mandaean baptismal name: Mhatam Zihrun bar Adam; Classical Mandaic: ࡌࡄࡀࡕࡀࡌ ࡆࡉࡄࡓࡅࡍ ࡓࡁ ࡀࡃࡀࡌ; born April 14, 1881, died June 24, 1964) was the Iraqi patriarch and international head of the Mandaean religion from 1917, until his death in 1964.

[4] Dakhil Aidan was born on April 14, 1881, in the city of Amarah in Maysan Governorate, southern Iraq.

His father, Sheikh Aidan (also known as Adam, son of Mhatam Yuhana[2]), died in Nasiriyah when he was 12 years old.

[3] Dakhil Aidan's sister's daughter was the poet Lamea Abbas Amara, who lived much of her life in San Diego, United States.

[2] His father was Sheikh Aidan (baptismal name: Adam bar Mhatam Yuhana), Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡃࡀࡌ ࡁࡓ ࡌࡄࡀࡕࡀࡌ ࡉࡅࡄࡀࡍࡀ), known for copying the Ginza Rabba in 1886.