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.

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.

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 modern...

‘Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani, widely known by his nickname Al-jahiz due to an eye deformity, was an Arab prose writer and author of works of literature. He developed a love for – and expertise in the Arabic language becoming an avid reader and prolific writer.

Jul 21, 2021 · Abu Othman Amr bin Bahr, famously known by his nickname Al-Jahiz, was a writer born in Basra, Iraq, in 776 A.D. History regards him as one of the most influential scholars of the early Islamic world, having written more than 200 works of poetry, religion, politics and zoology.

Born in Basra in 781, al Jahiz is considered a great Muslim thinker and writer. Over the course of his lifetime, which spanned approximately 90 years, he wrote over two hundred books on various subjects including animal evolution, human psychology and …

" [al-Jahiz] was one of the most productive and frequently quoted scholars in Arabic literature. His originality, wit, satire, and learning, made him widely known."

By the time al-Jāḥiẓ set about writing The Book of Living, the Kalām was well established as a set of identifiable, epistemological and social practices. It could boast of a cadre of exponents, the Mutakallimūn (the Kalām Masters).

Al-Jahiz was an Arab prose writer and author of works of literature, theology, and politico-religious polemics. Renowned for his wit, extensive knowledge, and eloquence, he made significant contributions to the development of Arabic prose.