Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani al-Basri (Arabic: أبو عثمان عمرو بن بحر الكناني البصري, romanized: Abū ʿUthman ʿAmr ibn Baḥr al-Kinānī al-Baṣrī; c. 776–868/869), commonly known as al-Jahiz (Arabic: الجاحظ, romanized: al-Jāḥiẓ, lit. 'the bug eyed'), was an Arab polymath and author of works of literature (including theory and criticism), theolog...

al-Jāḥiẓ (born c. 776, Basra, Iraq—died 868/869, Basra) was an Islamic theologian, intellectual, and litterateur known for his individual and masterful Arabic prose. His family, possibly of Ethiopian origin, had only modest standing in Basra, but his intellect and wit gained him acceptance in scholarly circles and in society.

Abu Othman Amr bin Bahr (776 – 868), generally known by his nickname Al-Jahiz, which means ‘goggle eyed”, was an Arab scholar of African descent who lived in the 8th and 9th centuries in...

Born about the year 776, some 14 years after the foundation of Baghdad by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mansur, al-Jahiz grew up in Basra, Iraq, founded early in Islamic times as a garrison city but by the time of his birth was a major intellectual center, along with its rival, Kufa.

Educated in the cosmopolitan milieu of Basrah, the chief Indian Ocean port of the khilafah, al-Jahiz belonged to the literary and intellectual circles of the city, which had strong economic and political ties with Turkestan, India, and the Indian Ocean area in general.

Abū ʿUthman ʿAmr ibn Bahr ibn Mahbūb, known as al-Jahiz, emerged from modest beginnings in Basra, possibly born to East African slaves. His nickname, al-Jahiz, meaning "goggle-eyed," highlights...

Nov 29, 2012 · al-Jāḥiẓ (in Arabic الجاحظ) (real name Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani al-Basri) (born in Basra, 781 – December 868/January 869) was an Arabic prose writer and author of works of literature, Mu’tazili theology, and politico-religious polemics.

Oct 14, 2024 · Al-Jahiz was a famous Arab scholar, writer, and intellectual who lived in the 9th century. He was born in Basra, Iraq in 776 CE and is considered one of the most influential figures of the Islamic Golden Age.

Arab scholar whose works include one of the first and most significant encyclopedias of zoology produced in medieval Islam. Al-Jahiz produced more than 200 works, of which approximately 30 survive, and was one of the first Muslim scholars to write …

Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani al-Basri (Arabic: أبو عثمان عمرو بن بحر الكناني البصري, romanized: Abū ʿUthman ʿAmr ibn Baḥr al-Kinānī al-Baṣrī; c. 776–868/869), commonly known as al-Jahiz (Arabic: الجاحظ, romanized: al-Jāḥiẓ, lit. 'the bug eyed'), was an Arab polymath and author of works of literature (including theory and criticism), theolog...