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 Ja^far ( 126 ) Ja'far of -3"a'far-al-Barmaki, ds- Ahia or Yahia and grandson of KhaUd, the son of Barmak who was originally a fire-worshipper. He succeeded his fiither Ja'far as wazir to the Khah'f Harun-al-Eashid ; his grandfather having been wazir to Ahu'l Abhas Safi'ah, who was the first of aU the Khalifs who had ^a wazi'r. This wazir Ja'far, was a great favourite of Ha- run-al-Eashid, who gave him 'Ahhasa, his sister, m marriage, under the condition to have no carnal con- nection with her, but he transgressed the command, for which the Khalff ordered his head to be struck off. _ He also threw his brother al-Fazl and his father Ahia into prison, and there left them to die. Ja'far was only 28 years old when he was executed, having been in the favour of Harun-al-Rashid for the space of seventeen years. Ja'far was beheaded on Sunday the 29th of January, 803 A. D., 1st Safar 187 A. H., his body was gibbetted on one side of the bridge of Baghdad, and the head stuck up on the other. Ja'far Ali Khan, cJ^^^ y^'^, commonly called Mir Ja'far, whom the English placed on the masnad as Nawab of Bengal, Behar and Orissa, after the defeat and death of Nawab Siraj-uddaula, in June, 1757 A. D., Shawwal 1170 A. H. He was, however, deposed in 1760 A. D., 1174 A. H., on account of his neglect in the affairs of his government, and was obliged to retire on an ^ample pension, when his son-in-law, Mir Kasim 'AH Khan was raised to the masnad. This man after his elevation, in- tending to drive out the English from Calcutta, was defeated in a battle fought at Udwa Nala on the 2nd of August, 1763 A. D,, 22nd Muharram, 1177 A. H., and expelled, and Mir Ja'far was again placed on the masnad by the English. He died on Tuesday the 6th February, 1765 A. D., 14th Shaban, 1178 A. H., and his son Mir Phulwari, who assumed the title of Najm-uddaula, was elevated to the masnad. Ja'far Alf s cemetry is at Mur- shidabad, where his Begam and his son Miran are also buried. List of the Nawabs of Murshiddbdd. Ja'far 'Ali Khan, died 5th February, 1765. JSfaim-uddaula, son of Ja'far AH Khan, died 3rd May, 1766. Saif-uddaula, 2nd son of Ja'far 'AH Khan, died 10th March, 1770.' Mubarik-uddaula, 3rd son of Ja'far 'AH Khan, died September, 1793. Nazir-ul-Mulk, son of Mubarik- uddaula, died April, 1810. Zain-uddin 'AH Khan. Saj-yad Ahmad 'AH Khan,. . died 30th October, 1824. Humayun Jah. Mansiir 'AH Khan Nasrat Jang, present Nawab (1858). Ja'far Barmaki, tf^'irO**^^ see Ja'far-al-Barmaki'. .Ja'far-bin-Abu Ja'far-al-Mansur, ^^'^y^ i^^'.j^^ the KhaHf of Baghdad. His daughter Zubeda was mai-ried to Harun-al-RasMd He died in the year 802 A. D., 186 A. H. Ja'far-bin-Abu Talib, lir^ j^*^, was the brother of 'AH the son-in-law of the prophet. He was killed in a battle fought at Muta in Syria against the Eoman army in 629 A. D., 8 A. H. Ja'far-bin-Muhiammad Husaini, author of the " Muntakhib-ut-Tawarikh," a very judii'ious abridgment of Oriental history from Adam down ito Shahrukh Miiza, son of Amir Taimur. This work was dedicated to Baisanghar Bahadur, third son of Shah- rukh, in 1417 A. D., 820 A. H. Many authors have com- piled works under this title, one of which was written by Shaikh 'Abdul Kadir Badaoni. Ja'far-bin-Tufail, (Jiit j^^, Arabian philo- sopher in the 1 2th century, author of a romance, called the "history of Hai-ibn-Yokdhan," in which he asserts that by the light of nature, a man may acquire a know- lodge of things, and of God. Vide Lempriere's Uni- versal Dictionary, under Jaaphar. Ja'far Klian, ^yl=>.^Ajt^^ entitled "Umdat-ul-Mulk," was the son of Sadik Ivhan Mir Bakhshi, and sister's son and son-in-law of Yemin-uddaula 'Asaf Khan, wazir. He held the rank of 5000 under the emperor Shah Jahan, was appointed prime minister by 'Alamgir about the year 1662 A. D., 1073 A. n., and died in the 13th year of that emperor, 1670 A. D., 1081 A. H., at DehH. After his death the office of wizarat was conferred upon, Asad Khan with the title of Asad-uddaula. It seems that after the death of Ja'far Khan his remains were trans- ferred to Agrah, where his tomb is to be seen still stand- ing on the right bank of the Jamna. Ja'far Khan, e;^^^**^, whose original name was Mur- shid Kuli Khan, was appointed governor of Bengal by the emperor 'Alamgir in 1704 A. D., 1116 A. H. He founded the capital of Murshidabad and named it alter his original title. He was the son of a Brahman convert- ed to Muhammadanism by Haji Shafia' Isfahani. He died in the reign of the emperor Muhammad Shah about the year 1726 A. D., 1138 A. H., and was succeeded by his son-in-law Shuja-uddin (also called Shuja-uddaula). The following is a list of his successors : — A. D. Murshid KuH Ja'far Khan, 1704 Shuja-uddin, son of Ja'far Khan, 1726 'Ala-uddaula Sarfaraz Khan, 1739 Alahwardi Khan Mahabat Jang, 1740 Siraj-uddaula, grandson of ditto, 1756 Ja'far 'AH Khan (dethroned in 1760), 1757 Kasim 'AH Khan, son-in-law of ditto, 1760 Ja'far 'AH Khan, restored in 1763 Najm-uddaula, son of ditto, 1764 Saif-uddaula, brother of Najm-uddaula, 1766 Mubarik-uddaula 1769 Nazim-ul-Mulk Wazir-uddaula, (died April 28th, 1810, 1796 Sayyad Zain-uddin 'AH Khan, son of ditto, 1810 Sayyad Ahmad 'AH Khan. Humayiin Jah. Mansur 'AH Khan, Nasrat Jang. Ja'far Khan, J-'^J^, son of Sadik Khan, king of Persia. He was recognised by the prin- cipal noblemen in Fars, after the death of 'AH' Murad Khan in 1785, and the people were forward in acknow- ledging his authority, but unable to resist his enemy 'Aka Muhammad Khan, who now ventured to embrace a more extensive field for the exertion of his talents, and com- menced his march against Isfahan. Ja'far Khan was treacherously murdered in 1788 ; his head was severed from his body, and cast before the citadel, the sport of children, and the outcasts of the city. Ja'far Khan, i^^^;^^*^, a nobleman who in the first year of the emperor Bahadur Shah was appointed governor of Kashmir in the room of Nawazish Khan 1707 A. D., 1119 A. H. He proved to be a bad governor and a mob set fire to his residence. He died in Kashmir of drink and excess 1709 A. D., 1121 A. H., and according to the re- cord of his death, must be. faring badly at present.