Al-Ja'fari

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For other uses, see Jaafari (disambiguation).

Ja'fari (Arabic: الجعفري Persian: جعفری) is a surname commonly associated with descendants of Ja'far al-Sadiq, an important 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, and Jaffrey.

Notable people with the surname[]

Jafari[]

  • Afshin Jafari, known as Afshin (born 1978), Iranian pop singer and songwriter
  • Ali Jafari, Iranian computer scientist
  • Azra Jafari (born 1978), Afghani politician, mayor of Nili, the capital of Daykundi Province in Afghanistan
  • Bashar Jaafari, Syrian diplomat
  • Davoud Danesh-Jafari (born 1954), Iranian politician, Minister of Economy and Finance Affairs
  • Hadi Jafari (born 1982), Iranian footballer
  • Ibrahim al-Jaafari (born 1947), Iraqi politician, Prime Minister of Iraq
  • Kamal Aljafari (born 1972), Palestinian filmmaker
  • Jonathan Aryan Jafari, known as JonTron (born 1990), American comedian, internet personality, and video game critic
  • Mehran Jafari (born 1985), Iranian footballer
  • Mohammad Ali Jafari (born 1957), Iranian military figure, commander of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution in Iran
  • Mohammad-Taqi Ja'fari (1923-1998), Iranian scholar, thinker, and theologian

Jafri[]

  • Ali Sardar Jafri (1913–2000), Urdu writer, poet, critic and film lyricist from India
  • Aqeel Jafri (born 1957), Pakistani writer, poet and architect
  • Ehsan Jafri (1929–2002), Indian Muslim parliamentarian
  • Husain Mohammad Jafri (born 1938), Chairman of Islamic Pakistan Study Centre, Aga Khan University of Karachi, Pakistan
  • Syed Aminul Hasan Jafri (born 1955), Indian journalist and politician
  • Zamir Jafri (1916–1999), Pakistani poet

Jaffry[]

  • Waqar Jaffry (born 1980), Pakistani academician and scientist

Jaffrey[]

Notable people with the middle name[]

See also[]

  • Ja'far
  • Jafar (disambiguation)
  • Ja'fari jurisprudence, the school of jurisprudence (fiqh) in Twelver and Isma'ili Shia Islam, named after the sixth Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq
  • Ja'far al-Sadiq, an 8th-century Muslim scholar and scientist
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