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Definition of jafar in English Turkish dictionary
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- Jafar ibn Muhammad
- born 699/700, Medina, Arabia died 765, Medina Sixth imam of the Shite branch of Islam and the last to be recognized by all the Shite sects. He was the great-grandson of Al. As a possible claimant to the caliphate, Jafar was viewed as a threat to both the Umayyad and Abbsid dynasties. He traveled to Baghdad in 762 to prove to the caliph that he was not seeking power, then returned to his native Medina, where his pupils included Ab Hanfah. After his death the Shites began to splinter. One sect, the Ismliyyah, became followers of his son, Ismail. Another, the Ithn Ashariyyah, traced a succession from Jafar to the Twelfth Imam awaited at the Last Judgment