Ja'far ibn Sulayman ibn Ali al-Hashimi () was an early

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prince. He served as provisional governor for Abbasid Caliphate.

Career

He was the son of Sulayman ibn Ali. Ja'far was a paternal cousin of the first two Abbasid caliphs

al-Saffah Abū al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Saffāḥ ( ar, أبو العباس عبد الله بن محمد السفّاح‎; 721/722 – 8 June 754, al-Anbar) usually known as Abūʾl-ʿAbbās as-Saffāḥ or simply by his laqab As-S ...

(r. 750–754) and

al-Mansur Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (; ar, أبو جعفر عبد الله بن محمد المنصور‎; 95 AH – 158 AH/714 CE – 6 October 775 CE) usually known simply as by his laqab Al-Manṣūr (المنصور) w ...

(r. 754–775). His father, Sulayman died in

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in October 759 at the age of 59, and was succeeded by several sons, including

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and Ja'far. His first cousin al-Mansur, appointed him governor of Medina in 763 and he was dismissed in 766/77. He was re-appointed in 780 by al-Mahdi; ; . and he was dismissed in 783.

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