Jaʽfar
| Pronunciation | Arabic: [ˈʤaʕ.far] Egyptian Arabic: [ˈgæʕ.fɑɾ] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Meaning | "Sacred water from the heavens” |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Jafar, Jaafar,Ja'afar, Jaffar, Jafer, Jaffer, Jafur, Gafar, Gaafar, Cafer, Džafer, Cəfər |
| Related names | Jifar (name) |
Ja'far (Arabic: جعفر), meaning in Arabic "small stream/rivulet/creek", is a masculine Arabic given name, especially common among Shia Muslims.
It may also be transliterated Jafar, Jaffar, Jafer, Jaffer, Jafur or, in Egyptian Arabic pronunciation, Gafar.
The Turkish spelling of the name is Cafer, the Azerbaijani Cəfər, the Bosniak Džafer and the Albanian Xhafer.
Historical persons
- Ja'far al-Sadiq (702–765), descendant of Ali, prominent Islamic Fiqh scholar and sixth Imam for Shia Muslims.
- Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (died 629), companion of Muhammad, older brother of Ali
- Jafar ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib, son of Imam Ali and Umm ul-Banin and martyred on Ashura with his brothers Abbas, Abdullah and Uthman
- Ja'far ibn Yahya (767–803), one of the Barmakids, vizier of Caliph Harun al-Rashid
- 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 Mansur al-Yaman (fl. 10th century), Ismaili theologian
- Ja'far ibn Fallah (died 971), Kutama Berber general of the Fatimids
- Ja'far ibn al-Furat (921–1001), Ikhshidid and Fatimid vizier
- Jafar ibn Ali al-Hadi (c.840-c.885), son of the tenth Imam, Ali al-Hadi, a founder of the Ja’fariyyas
- Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Hasani (died 876/7), first Sharif of Mecca
- Ja'far Al-Mutawakkil the tenth Abbasid Caliph ruled from 10 August 847 to 10 December 861 CE.
- Ja'far Al-Mufawwid an Abbasid Prince and Heir apparent of the Abbasid Caliphate from 875 to 30 April 892.
- Ja'far ibn Sa'id (died 1764/5), Sharif of Mecca
- Jafar Khan (died 1789), King of Persia
Modern persons
Given name
Jafar
- Mir Jafar (1691–1765), served as the commander of Bengali forces under Siraj ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, later the first dependent Nawab of Bengal under East Indian Company.
- Jafar Ahmadi (born 1984), Iranian kickboxer
- Jafar Alam, Bangladeshi politician and Member of Parliament
- Jafar Alizadeh (born 1956), Iranian wrestler
- Jafar Arias (born 1995), Curaçaoan footballer
- Jafar al-Askari (1887–1936), prime minister of Iraq
- Jafar Bazri, (born 1987), Iranian footballer
- Jafar Bolhari (born 1948), Iranian psychiatrist
- Jafar Ebrahimi, Iranian poem
- Jafar al-Hakim (born 1965), Shiite Ayatollah in Najaf, Iraq
- Mufti Jafar Hussain, Pakistani Shia mujtahid and political leader
- Jafar Iqbal, Bangladeshi footballer
- Jafar Irismetov (born 1976), Uzbekistan footballer and coach
- Jafar Jabbarli (1899–1934), Azerbaijani playwright, poet, director and screenwriter
- Jafar Dhia Jafar (born 1943), Iraqi nuclear physicist
- Jafar Khan Jamali (1911–1967), Indian politician, tribal chief and an All-India Muslim League veteran from Balochistan
- Jafar Kazemi, Iranian political prisoner sentenced to death and hanged for co-operation with the Iranian opposition group PMOI
- Jafar Khan (died 1789), shah of Persia (1785–1789)
- Jafar Mokhtarifar, Iranian footballer
- Jafar Mondal (born 1999), Indian footballer
- Jafar Panahi (born 1960), Iranian filmmaker
- Jafar Salmasi (1918–2000), Iranian weightlifter
- Jafar Shafaghat (c.1915–2000), Iranian General officer in the Iranian Pahlavi Army
- Jafar Shahidi (1918–2008), scholar of Persian language and literature and historian of Islam
- Jafar Sharif-Emami (1910–1998), Prime minister of Iran
- Jafar Shojouni, Iranian Shia cleric and politician who served a member of the Parliament of Iran
- Jafar Tabrizi (also known as Farīd al-Dīn and Qeblat al-Kottāb), 15th century master in calligraphy as well as a poet and scribe
- Jafar Umar Thalib (1961–2019), Indonesian ulama and Islamic political figure
- Jafar Zafarani (born 1947), Iranian mathematician
Ja'far
- Ja'far Kashfi, Persian philosopher of 19th century
- Ja'far Pishevari (1893-1947), Iranian politician
- Ja'afar Touqan (born 1938), Palestinian-Jordanian architect
Jaffar
- Jaffar Idukki, Indian impressionist and actor in Malayalam film
- Jaffer Zaidi, Pakistani musician and lead vocalist of the Pakistani band Kaavish
Jaffer
- Jaffer Rahimtoola (1870-1914), Indian barrister
Cafer
- Cafer Bater, Turkish politician
- Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez, Turkish politician
Džafer
- Džafer Kulenović (1891–1956), Yugoslav politician who led the Yugoslav Muslim Organization in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and was briefly government minister
Gaafar
- Gaafar Nimeiry (1930-2009), President of Sudan
Xhafer
- Xhafer Bej Ypi (1880–1940), Albanian politician
- Xhafer Deva (1904–1978), Kosovo Albanian politician
- Xhafer Spahiu (born 1923), Albanian politician
Middle name
- Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (1927–2017), Indian sitar player
- C. K. Jaffer Sharief or Challakere Kareem Jaffer Sharief (1933–2018), Indian politician
- Mir Jafar Baghirov (1896–1956), Azerbaijani communist leader under the Soviet rule
- Akif Jafar Hajiyev (1937–2015), Azerbaijani mathematician
- Seyyed Jafar Kashfi, Iranian calligrapher
- Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, Iranian scholar of Islamic studies and a former diplomat
- Mohammad Jafar Mahjoub (1924-1996), Iranian scholar of Persian literature, essayist, translator and teacher
- Mohammad Jafar Montazeri (born 1949), Iranian cleric and judge and the current Attorney-General of Iran
- Mohammad Jafar Moradi (born 1990), Iranian long distance runner
- Sayed Jafar Naderi (born 1965), ethnic Hazara-Ismaili who controlled Baghlan Province of Afghanistan during the early 1990s
- Mustafa Jaffer Sabodo, Tanzanian economist, consultant and businessman
- Mohammad Jafar Yahaghi (born 1947), Persian writer, literary critic, editor and translator
Surname or patronymic
Jafar
- Adnan Jafar (born 1949), Iraqi footballer
- Badr Jafar (born 1979), Emirati business executive
- Jafar Dhia Jafar (born 1943), Iraqi nuclear physicist
- Majid Jafar (born 1976), UAE businessman
- Mustapha Ben Jafar (born 1940), Tunisian politician and doctor
- Syed Jafar, Indian-American electrical engineer and computer scientist
Jaafar
- Onn Jaafar (1895–1962), Malay politician and a Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Johor in Malaysia, then Malaya
- Raja Jaafar Raja Muda (crown prince) of Perak Darul Ridzuan
Jaffar
- Said Mohamed Jaffar (1918–1993), president of the State of Comoros
Jaffer
- Armaan Jaffer (born 1998), Indian cricketer
- Jameel Jaffer, Canadian human rights and civil liberties attorney
- Melissa Jaffer (born 1936), Australian actress
- Mobina Jaffer (born 1949), Canadian Senator
- Mulla Asgarali Jaffer, leader of the Khoja Shia Athnā‘ashariyyah Community
- Murtz Jaffer, Canadian celebrity journalist
- Rahim Jaffer (born 1971), Canadian politician
- Sadaf Jaffer (born 1983), American politician and scholar
- Sayed Mohammed Jaffer (born 1985), Bahraini footballer
- Wasim Jaffer (born 1978), Indian cricketer
Džaferović
- Vanja Džaferović (born 1983), Croat-Bosnian footballer
Gaafar
- Ahmed Gaafar (born 1985), Egyptian footballer
- Farouk Gaafar (born 1952), Egyptian footballer
- Mostafa Gaafar (born 1981), Egyptian footballer
Fictional characters
- Jaffar, a character in The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)
- Jafar (Disney), the main antagonist (inspired by the character in The Thief of Bagdad) in the 1992 Disney animated film Aladdin, its first sequel, The Return of Jafar, and its 2019 live-action remake
- Jafar, one of the primary antagonists in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, based on the Aladdin character
- Ja'far, the main protagonist in the musical Twisted, based on the Aladdin character
- Jaffar, a character in Prince of Persia, inspired by the character in The Thief of Bagdad[1]
- Jafar (Disney), the main antagonist (inspired by the character in The Thief of Bagdad) in the 1992 Disney animated film Aladdin, its first sequel, The Return of Jafar, and its 2019 live-action remake
- Jaffar, a character in the video game Fire Emblem
- Ja'far, a character in the manga Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
See also
- Khawlah bint Ja'far, one of the wives of the fourth Muslim Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Zubaidah bint Ja`far, granddaughter of the Abbasid caliph Al-Mansur, through his son Ja'far, a wife of Harun al-Rashid
- Jifar (name), Ethiopian variant of the name
- Jaffa
- Cafer
References
- ^ Young, Helen (2015-07-30). "Fantasy and Science Fiction Medievalisms: From Isaac Asimov to a Game of Thrones - Student Edition".
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