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Al-Jahiz

Jahiz

Arabic writer (776–869).

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Statements about Al-Jahiz

Notable Work

Sex or Gender

Male

Instance Of

Human

Date of Birth

775
Instance Of
:
Statement with Gregorian Date Earlier than 1584

Date of Death

December 868
Instance Of
:
Statement with Gregorian Date Earlier than 1584
January 869

Place of Birth

Basra

Occupation

Philologist
Writer
Poet
Biologist
Zoologist
Historian

Place of Death

Basra

Genre

Satire

Name in Native Language

عمرو بن بحر بن محبوب الكناني البصري

Religion or Worldview

Islam

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Arabic

Cause of Death

Crushing

Ethnic Group

Arabs

Pseudonym

الجاحظ

Nickname

أبو عُثمان
الجاحظ

Given Name

Amr

Manner of Death

Accidental Death

Native Language

Arabic

Student Of

Writing Language

Arabic

Field of Work

Islamic Theology
Islamic Philosophy

Described by Source

Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition

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Country
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Abbasid Caliphate
Al-Rasāʼil
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Jāḥiẓ
Book of Misers
Al-Rasāʼil Al-Siyāsīyah
The Book of Eloquence and Demonstration
Ibrahim Al-Nazzam
Pros and Cons
Q106489006
Kitāb Al-Hayawān