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Arabic: [ʤʕa.far]
Egyptian Arabic: [gʕæ.fær] Jaafar, Jaffar, Jafer, Jaffer, Gafar, Gaafar, Cafer, Džafer |
Ja'far (Arabic: جعفر ), meaning spring or rivulet, is a masculine Arabic given name, especially common among Shia Muslims. It may also be transliterated Jafar, Jaffar or Jafer or Jaffer or in Egyptian Arabic pronunciation, gafar. The Turkish spelling of the name is Cafer. The Bosniak spelling of the name is Džafer and the Albanian one is Xhafer.
Ja'far al-Sadiq (702—765), descendent of Ali, prominent Islamic Fiqh scholar and sixth Imam for Shia Muslims.
Ja'far ibn Yahya (767–803), the vizier of Caliph Harun al-Rasheed
Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (787–886), Persian scholar
Mir Jafar Dasni (died 841), Yezidi leader who rebelled against Abbasid Caliph al-Mu'tasim
Ja'far ibn al-Furat (921–1001), Ikhshidid and Fatimid vizier
Jafar Khan Zand, King of Persia
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
Jafar Sharif-Emami (1910–1998), Prime minister of Iran
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
Jafar Zafarani (born 1947), Iranian mathematician
Jafar Bolhari (born 1948), Iranian psychiatrist
Jafar Panahi (born 1960), Iranian filmmaker
Sayed Mohammed Jaffer (born 1985), Bahraini footballer
Jafar Ebrahimi, Iranian poet
Mufti Jafar Hussain, Pakistani Shia mujtahid and political leader
Ahmed Gaafar (born 1985), Egyptian footballer
Vanja Džaferović (born 1983), Croat-Bosnian footballer
Ali Jaafar (died 2006), sports anchorman for Iraqi state television
Badr Jafar, Emirati business executive
Farouk Gaafar, Egyptian footballer
Majid Jafar (born 1976), UAE businessman
Rahim Jaffer (born 1971), Canadian politician
Mustapha Ben Jafar (born 1940), Tunisian politician and doctor
Onn Jaafar (1895–1962), Malay politician
Said Mohamed Jaffar (1918–1993) president of the State of Comoros
Jafar, the main antagonist in Aladdin and its first sequel, The Return of Jafar
Jafar, one of the primary antagonists in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, based in the above character
Jaffar, a character in the Fire Emblem universe
Jaffar, a character in Prince of Persia media
Ja'far, a character in the manga Magi
Ja'far, the main protagonist of the musical production Twisted (musical) by StarKid Productions
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