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Also Known As Jaʿfar Pasha ibn Muṣṭafā ibn ʿAbd ar-Raḥman al-ʿAskarī • Jaʿfar Pasha
Born 1887 • Baghdad • Ottoman Empire
Died October 30, 1936 (aged 49) • Baghdad
Role In World War I
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