Ja'far (name)
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Ja'far (Arabic: جعفر) is an Arabic name, variously transliterated as Jafar, Džafer, Jaffar, Jaafar or Giafar. It is the name of several historical and fictional characters:
- Ja'far ibn Yahya, the vizier of Caliph Harun al-Rashid,who also featured in several Arabian Nights tales. Many "evil vizier" stereotypes are inaccurately (the role of evil advisor is mainly represented by other advisors in history and literature) based on him, including:
- Jafar (Aladdin), the villain of Disney's Aladdin
- Jaffar (Fire Emblem), in the Fire Emblem series
- Jaffar (Prince of Persia), the villain of the Prince of Persia series
Other name affiliations include
- Abu Ja'far Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mansur (712–775), second Abbasid caliph
- Khawlah bint Ja'far
- Ja'far ibn Abu Talib, companion of Muhammad
- Ja'far al-Sadiq (702-765), sixth Shi'i Imam
- Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (787-886), Persian scholar
- Jafar Khan (died 1789), shah of Persia (1785-1789)
- Jafar al-Askari (1887–1936), prime minister of Iraq
- Jafar Pishevari (died 1947), Azerbaijani politician
- Onn Jaafar (1895-1962), Malay politician
- Jafar Sharif-Emami ((1910-1998)), Prime minister of Iran
- Gaafar Nimeiry (born 1930), President of Sudan (1971-1985)
- Jafar Panahi (born 1960), Iranian filmmaker
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