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Mir Jafar bin Mir Hasan Dasni (Template:Lang-ku, Template:Lang-ar), also known as Jafar bin Faharjis, was a Yazidi leader who in 838 launched an uprising against Abbasid Caliph al-Mutasim in the area north of Mosul.^[1]^[2] Mutasim in response sent an army under command of Abdullah bin Ans al-Azdi, resulting in an armed confrontation between the Arab army and Kurds. Due to the difficulty of the terrain, the Arab army proved unsuccessful, suffered heavy casualties and a number of its commanders including Abdullah's uncle Ishaq bin Ans and his father-in-law were killed.

Mutassim had purchased a Khazar slave, called Itakh. He appointed him as commander of his army. Itakh defeated Mir Jafar's troops in 841 and killed many Yazidis.^[3] In order to avoid being captured alive, Mir Jafar committed suicide by drinking poison.

References

^ M. Th. Houtsma, 1993, E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936: Volume 4 - Page 1136, Brill
^ Thomas Bois, 1966, The Kurds, Khayats, University of Michigan, 159 pages
^ Kevin Alan Brook, 2009, The Jews of Khazaria, page 184, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc.

[1] M. Th. Houtsma, 1993, E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936: Volume 4 - Page 1136, Brill

[2] Thomas Bois, 1966, The Kurds, Khayats, University of Michigan, 159 pages

[3] Kevin Alan Brook, 2009, The Jews of Khazaria, page 184, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc.

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