Ja'far Abu al-Timman (Arabic: جعفر أبو التمن; 1881 – 11 November 1945) was an Iraqi revolutionary and politician, who was the leader of Haras al-Istiqlal (The Guardians of Independence).

As a result, Ja'far grew up and was raised in the house of his grandfather, a well-known merchant named Hajj Dawood who was famous for trading grains, especially rice.

[1] He participated in the organization of the 1920 uprising in Iraq, led the insurgents operating on the middle Euphrates and raised funds to fight against the British and develop the Iraqi national movement.

Al-Timman was working to bring the two groups together, as well as negotiating with the representatives of the Jewish and Christian communities due to Ja'far's promotion of a unified Iraqi nation.

[3] Al-Timman would later ally himself with Yasin al-Hashimi, Naji al-Suwaidi, and the National Brotherhood Party (Al-Hizb al-Watani) in 1930.

[citation needed] He supported Bakr Sidqi's military coup in 1936 and served as Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Hikmat Sulayman from 29 October 1936 until he resigned in June 1937.

Already in 1937, al-Timman and Kamil al-Chadirji left the government, protesting against the attitude of the prime minister, who resigned from the reforms previously demanded by al-Ahali.

[citation needed] Additionally, al-Timman was outraged by the fact that Sulayman and Bakr Sidqi brutally suppressed the uprising of the Iraqi Shi'i Muslims.

The large mourning of Ja'far al-Timman showcased his wide popularity in Iraqi society at the time.