Ja'far
Ja'far may mean:
In fictional characters
- Jafar (Disney), a character in Disney's movie Aladdin
- Jaffar (Fire Emblem), a character Fire Emblem video game series
- Jaffar, the evil Grand Vizier in the Prince of Persia video game series
In historical persons
- Ja'far ibn Abu Talib (died 629), cousin and companion of Muhammad
- Ja'far al-Sadiq (702-765), sixth Shi'i Imam
- Ja'far ibn Yahya (767 - 803), the vizier of Caliph Harun al-Rashid
- Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (787-886), Persian scholar
- Khawlah bint Ja'far
In people
- Mir Jafar, second son of Sayyid Ahmad Najafi
- Jafar Khan (died 1789), shah of Persia (1785-1789)
- Jafar al-Askari (1887–1936), prime minister of Iraq
- Onn Jaafar (1895-1962), Malay politician
- Jafar Sharif-Emami ((1910-1998)), Prime minister of Iran
- Jafar Pishevari (died 1947), Azerbaijani politician
- Jafar Zafarani (born 1947), Iranian mathematician
- Jafar Panahi (born 1960), Iranian filmmaker
Related pages
- Gaafar Nimeiry (born 1930), President of Sudan (1971-1985)