Jaafar
Ja'far (Arabic: جعفر ), meaning spring or rivulet, is a male given name, especially common among Shia Muslims. It may also be transliterated Jafar, or Jaffar, or in Egyptian pronunciation, Gaafar. It may refer to:
In historical persons:
- Ja'far ibn Abī Tālib (died 629), cousin and companion of Muhammad
- Ja'far al-Sadiq (702–765), sixth Shia Imam
- Ja'far ibn Yahya (767–803), the vizier of Caliph Harun al-Rashid
- Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (787–886), Persian scholar
- Mir Jafar Dasni (died 841), Kurdish leader who rebelled against Abbasid Caliph al-Mutasim
- Abu Ja'far Ashinas (died 844), governor of Egypt, general serving the Abbasids
- Khawlah bint Ja'far
- Zubaidah bint Ja`far
In modern persons:
- Mir Jafar (1691–1765), Nawab of Bengal
- Jafar Khan (died 1789), shah of Persia (1785–1789)
- Jafar al-Askari (1887–1936), prime minister of Iraq
- Ja'far Pishevari (1893-1947), Azerbaijani politician
- Onn Jaafar (1895–1962), Malay politician
- Jafar Sharif-Emami (1910–1998), Prime minister of Iran
- Said Mohamed Jaffar (1918–1993) president of the State of Comoros
- Jafar Shahidi (1918–2008), scholar of Persian language and literature and historian of Islam
- Gaafar Nimeiry (1930-2009), President of Sudan
- Ja'afar Touqan (born 1938), Palestinian-Jordanian architect
- Mustapha Ben Jafar (born 1940), Tunisian politician and doctor
- Jafar Zafarani (born 1947), Iranian mathematician
- Ahmed Gaffer Hegazi (born 1948), Egyptian professor of Microbiology and Immunology
- Jafar Bolhari (born 1948), Iranian psychiatrist
- Jafar Panahi (born 1960), Iranian filmmaker
- Rahim Jaffer (born 1971), Canadian politician
- Majid Jafar (born 1976), UAE businessman
- Ahmed Gaafar (born 1985), Egyptian footbaler
- Sayed Mohammed Jaffer (born 1985), Bahraini footballer
- Ali Jaafar (died 2006), sports anchorman for Iraqi state television
- Badr Jafar, Emirati business executive
- Jafar Ebrahimi, Iranian poet
- Farouk Gaafar, Egyptian footballer
- Mufti Jafar Hussain, Pakistani Shia mujtahid and political leader
In music
- "Jafar", a 2009 song by Salt the Wound from their Ares album
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