Jafar ibn Ali


Ja'far ibn Ali ibn Abu Talib was a son of Ali and Umm ul-Banin. He was named by Ali after the latter's brother, Ja'far ibn Abi Talib. The younger Jafar was one of the companions of Husayn in the Battle of Karbala, where he was martyred on Ashura alongside his brothers Abbas, Abdullah and Uthman.