Notable Members
Mahmood Pasha Jaff, Kurdish King and supreme chief of the jaff tribe, stayed in Constantinople as a 'honorary detainee' for two years in 1892-1894 in a house in Beşiktaş
Mohammed Pasha Jaff, a Kurdish King and supreme chief of the Jaff tribe, he built Sherwana Castle in 1734.
Osman Pasha Jaff, a Kurdish King, who married Adela Khanum of the old Ardalan family.
Lady Adela or (Adela Jaff) (1847–1904) called Princess of the Brave by the British, Married Kurdish King Osman Pasha Jaff, was famous for her Jash role in the region, namely in the era of Shiekh Mahmood Al-Hafeed.
Mawlana Khalid (Khâlid-i Baghdâdî) (c. 1778–1826) was one of the famous Kurdish Sufis. In the early 19th century, he brought the highly influential Naqshbandi Sufi order to Kurdistan.
Khanai Qobadi (ca.1700-1759) was an 18th-century Jaff poet and one of the main poets in school of Gurani poetry.
El-Begi Jaff (1493–1554) is a Jaff poet, born in Sharazor, who wrote in the Gorani dialect. He is known for his prophecies on the future of Iran and the Orient.
Keffee Effendi, scholar in Kurdish, Turkish, Arabic, and Persian Akram Jaff, Writer and Iraqi socialist minister of Agriculture 1965 Salar Al-Jaff, Hanged for being a " convicted " Persian Shah supporter Sirwan Abdullah Jaff, chairman of the executive council for the autonomous region Jabir al-Jaff, Judge in the Kirkuk Court Abdel-Qader al-Jaff, Arbil mayor 1989 Mohammed Amin Al-Jaff, Ambassador to Japan 1986 and Ambassador to China 1991 Muhammad Beg Jaf MP Kirkuk 1976 Jalal Jaff, 1st Secretary of the Chinese Embassy 1960
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