Ja'far bin Yahya Barmaki (Arabic: جعفر بن يحيى‎, ja`far ben yaḥyā) (767-803) was the son of Harun al-Rashid's Vizier Yahya ibn Khalid, from whom he inherited that position. He was a member of the influential Barmakids familiy. He was beheaded in 803 for allegedly having an affair with Harun al-Rashid's sister Abbasa. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Persian miniature depicting HārÅ«n ar-RashÄ«d. ... A Vizier (وزير, sometimes also spelled Vizir, Wasir, Wazir, Wesir, Wezir - grammatical vowel changes are common in many oriental languages) is an oriental, originally Persian, term for a high-ranking political (and sometimes religious) advisor or Minister, often to a Muslim monarch such as a Caliph, Amir, Malik (king) or Sultan. ... Yahya ibn Khalid (Arabic: ‎, yaḥyā bin ḫālid) (death 806) was a member of the powerful Persian Barmakids family, son of Khalid ibn Barmak. ... The Barmakids (Persian: برمكيان BarmakÄ«yān; Arabic: البرامكة al-barāmika, also called Barmecides) were a noble Persian family which attained great power under the Abbasid caliphs. ...

He had a reputation as a patron of the sciences, and did much to introduce greek science into Baghdad, attracting scholars from the nearby Academy of Gundishapur to help translate greek works into arabic. He was also credited with convincing the caliph to open a paper mill in Baghdad (The secret of papermaking had been optained from Chinese prisoners at the Battle of Talas in 751) Baghdad (Arabic: ‎ translit: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ... The Academy of Gundishapur (also Jondishapoor, Jondishapur, and Jondishapour, Gondeshapur, GONDÊ SHÂPÛR, etc. ... International Paper Companys Kraft paper mill in Georgetown, South Carolina. ... Chinese court official Cai Lun achieved a break-through improvement in papermaking process. ... Combatants Abbasid Caliphate Chinese Tang Dynasty Commanders Ziyad ibn Salih Gao Xianzhi Li Siye Duan Xiushi Strength around 150,000 over 30,000 (20,000 Tang troops + troops of Chinese protectorates + Qarluq mercenaries) Casualties Unknown Gao retreated with several thousand survivors The Battle of Talas in CE 751 was a...

Ja'far also appears (under the name of Giafar in most translations) along with Harun al-Rashid in several Arabian Nights tales. The disney adaptation of Aladdin features an evil vizier and sorcerer called Jafar, who is a combination of the (unnamed) vizier and the evil magician from the original Aladdin tale (which was not part of the original Arabian Nights). Queen Scheherazade tells her stories to King Shahryar. ... For the Golden Films film, see Aladdin (1992 film II) Aladdin is the thirty-first animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, made and produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and released on November 25, 1992 by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. ... Jafar is a fictional character, voiced by Jonathan Freeman, in the Disney film Aladdin and its sequel, The Return of Jafar. ... A Vizier (وزير, sometimes also spelled Vizir, Wasir, Wazir, Wesir, Wezir - grammatical vowel changes are common in many oriental languages) is an oriental, originally Persian, term for a high-ranking political (and sometimes religious) advisor or Minister, often to a Muslim monarch such as a Caliph, Amir, Malik (king) or Sultan. ... Aladdin in the Magic Garden, an illustration by Max Liebert from Ludwig Fuldas Aladdin und die Wunderlampe Aladdin (a corruption of the Arabic name Alā ad-Dīn, Arabic: علاء الدين literally nobility of faith) is one of the tales with a Syrian origin[1] in The Book of One Thousand... Queen Scheherazade tells her stories to King Shahryar. ...

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• How Greek Science passed to the Arabs, with some references to Jafar