Al-Ja'fari
Al-Ja'fari (Arabic: الجعفريPersian: جعفري) is a surname commonly associated with descendants of Ja'far al-Sadiq, an important medieval Muslim scholar and the 6th Shia Imam. In South Asia, Persia and the Levant, those of this genealogy, also often take the honorific title of Sayyid. Descendants of Ja'far al-Sadiq can most commonly be found amongst the Shi'i of Iraq, Iran and the Indian subcontinent. Some Sunni Muslims also associate with the surname Ja’fari.
Variant transliterations include Ja'fari, Jaafari, Jafari, Jafri, Jaffrey or Jaffery
Notable people with the surname Al-Ja’fari
Afghanistan
- Azra Jafari (born 1978), mayor of Nili, the capital of Daykundi Province in Afghanistan
Britain
- Raza Jaffrey (born 1975), British actor and singer
India
- Ali Sardar Jafri (1913–2000), Urdu writer, poet, critic and film lyricist from India
- Ehsan Jafri (1929–2002), Indian Muslim parliamentarian
- Saeed Jaffrey (born 1929), Indian-born British actor
- Madhur Jaffrey (born 1933), Indian actress and food writer
- Javed Jaffrey (born 1963), Indian dancer
- Syed Aminul Hasan Jafri (born 1955), Indian journalist and politician.
- Waheeduddin Hyder Jaffery (born 1954), President Alavi Educational Society(Regd), President & Secretary Anjuman-e-Alavi Shia Imamia Ithna Ashari Akhbari(Regd)[1]
Iran
- Mohammad-Taqi Ja'fari (1923-1998), Iranian scholar, thinker, and theologian
- Masoud Jafari Jozani (born 1948), Iranian film director, screenwriter and film producer
- Davoud Danesh-Jafari (born 1954), Minister of Economy and Finance Affairs of Iran
- Mohammad Ali Jafari (born 1957), commander of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution in Iran
- Afshin Jafari, known as Afshin (born 1978), Iranian pop singer and songwriter
- Hadi Jafari (born 1982), Iranian footballer
- Mehran Jafari (born 1985), Iranian footballer
- Ali Jafari, Iranian computer scientist
Iraq
- Ibrahim al-Jaafari (born 1947), Prime Minister of Iraq
Pakistan
- Zamir Jafri (1916 – 1999), Pakistani poet
- Husain Mohammad Jafri,(born 1938) Chairman of Islamic Pakistan Study Centre, Aga Khan University of Karachi, Pakistan
- Aqeel Jafri (born 1957), Pakistani writer, poet and architect
- Muhammad Nawfal Aleem Jafri (born 2004)
United States
- Sakina Jaffrey (born 1962), Indian-American actress
- Jonathan Aryan Jafari, known as JonTron (born 1990), American comedian, internet personality, and video game critic
See also
This page lists people with the surname Al-Ja'fari.
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