Ja'fari (
Arabic: الجعفريPersian: 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, Jafry, and Jaffrey.
Notable people with the surname
Jafari
Afshin Jafari, known as
Afshin (born 1978), Iranian pop singer and songwriter
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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