Ja'far ibn Yahya
Jaʽfar ibn Yahya جعفر بن يحيى | |
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 Detail of a miniature illustrating an anecdote in which the power and influence of Jaʻfar ibn Yahya (crowned figure) is pointed out. Folio from a manuscript of Nigaristan, Iran, probably Shiraz, dated 1573-74 | |
| Born | c. 767 Khorasan, Abbasid Caliphate |
| Died | c. 803 Abbasid Caliphate |
| Cause of death | Execution on the orders of Caliph Harun al-Rashid |
| Other names | Aba-Fadl |
| Occupation | Abbasid vizier |
| Years active | c. 798 – 803 |
| Era | Abbasid |
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Jaʽfar ibn Yahya Barmaki or Jafar al-Barmaki (
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]In fiction
Jaʽfar also appears (under the name of Giafar in most translations) along with Harun al-Rashid in several The Tale of Attaf", Jaʽfar is more of an adventurer.
More recent media inspired by the Arabian Nights has portrayed Jaʽfar as both a villain and a sorcerer:
- In the 1940 version of The Thief of Bagdad, Conrad Veidt plays the grand vizier Jaffar, a sorcerer who overthrows the king and tries to seduce the princess.[2]
- In the film The Golden Blade (1952), Harun al-Rashid (Rock Hudson) battles Jafar (George Macready), vizier to the caliph of Baghdad who tries to usurp the throne.
- In the book The Grand Vizier of the Night (1981) by Catherine Hermary-Vieille, he is the Caliph Harun al-Rashid's lover.
- In 1989 the video game Prince of Persia featured a scheming magician named Jaffar who seized power from the Sultan and tried to force the Princess to marry him. In the later Prince of Persia games, an unnamed 'Vizier' is the main villain and is based on the Jaffar character from the original game.
- In 1992 the Disney film Aladdin featured an evil vizier and sorcerer called Jafar, who is a composite character of an (unnamed) vizier and an evil magician from the original Aladdin tale.
- In the Japanese manga of Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Jaʽfar is a young general working under Sinbad, the king of Sindria.
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See also
References
- ^ van Bladel, Kevin (2011). "The Bactrian Background of the Barmakids". In A. Akasoy, C. Burnett and R. Yoeli-Tlalim (ed.). Islam and Tibet: Interactions along the Musk Routes. London: Ashgate. pp. 43–88.
- ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.
External links
- How Greek Science passed to the Arabs, with some references to Jafar
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