Ja'far ibn Dinar ibn Abdallah al-Khayyat جعفر بن دينار بن عبد الله الخياط | |
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| Abbasid Governor of Yemen | |
| In office 839 – 840 (first term) | |
| Monarch | Al-Mu'tasim |
| Deputy | Mansur ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Tanukhi & Abdallah ibn Hamdawayh |
| Abbasid Governor of Yemen | |
| In office 844 – 847 (second term) | |
| Monarch | Al-Wathiq |
| Preceded by | Harthamah Shar Bamiyan |
| Succeeded by | Himyar ibn al-Harith |
| Personal details | |
| Children | Mansur ibn Ja'far al-Khayyat |
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| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Abbasid Caliphate |
| Service/ | Abbasid Army |
| Years of service | fl. c. 830s - 860s |
| Rank | Commander |
| Battles/wars | Arab–Byzantine wars |
Ja'far ibn Dinar ibn Abdallah al-Khayyat (Arabic: جعفر بن دينار بن عبد الله الخياط) was a ninth-century military commander for the Abbasid Caliphate.