
Al-Jahiz
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Basrah |
Iraq | |
Died | Basrah |
Iraq | |
868 AD | |
Basrah | |
Iraq | |
Full name | Abū ʿUthman ʿAmr ibn Baḥr al-Kinānī al-Baṣrī |
Era | Medieval era |
Parents | Bahr al-Kinani al-Basri |
Job | Writer |
Nationality | Abbasid |
Books | The Book of Misers |
Kitāb al-Hayawān | |
Bayān wa-al-tabyīn | |
Treatise on Blacks | |
Creed | Mu'tazila |
Interests | Arabic Literature |
School | Aristotelianism |
Date of birth | January 1,5676 |
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ID | 2216362 |
Al-Jahiz Life story
Abū ʿUthman ʿAmr ibn Baḥr al-Kinānī al-Baṣrī, commonly known as al-Jāḥiẓ was a prose writer and author of works of literature, theology, zoology, and politico-religious polemics. He described himself as a member of the Arabian tribe Banu Kinanah.