Ja'far

Ja'far may mean:

In fictional characters

• Jafar (Disney), a character in Disney's movie Aladdin
• Jaffar (Fire Emblem), a character Fire Emblem video game series
• Jaffar, the evil Grand Vizier in the Prince of Persia video game series

In historical persons

• Ja'far ibn Abu Talib (died 629), cousin and companion of Muhammad
• Ja'far al-Sadiq (702-765), sixth Shi'i Imam
• Ja'far ibn Yahya (767 - 803), the vizier of Caliph Harun al-Rashid
• Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (787-886), Persian scholar
• Khawlah bint Ja'far

In people

• Mir Jafar, second son of Sayyid Ahmad Najaf and the key conspirator against Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah in the Battle of Plassey, Puppet Nawab of Bengal (1757-1760; 1763-1765).
• Jafar Khan (died 1789), shah of Persia (1785-1789)
• Jafar al-Askari (1887–1936), prime minister of Iraq
• Onn Jaafar (1895-1962), Malay politician
• Jafar Sharif-Emami ((1910-1998)), Prime minister of Iran
• Jafar Pishevari (died 1947), Azerbaijani politician
• Jafar Zafarani (born 1947), Iranian mathematician
• Jafar Panahi (born 1960), Iranian filmmaker

Related pages

• Gaafar Nimeiry (born 1930), President of Sudan (1971-1985)

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1. ↑ Roy, Atul Chandra (1953). The Career of Mir Jafar Khan (1757–65 A.D.). Calcutta,West Bengal, India. ( Now Kolkata ,West Bengal, India.): Das Gupta & CO.